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Record 1 2021-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

Floating solids in a secondary clarifier are usually a byproduct of influent composition or biological processes that have drifted from ideal operations. While some floating solids are not a big problem, heavy solids concentrations can increase effluent TSS [total suspended solids] resulting in unintended biological solids wasting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

La fosse toutes eaux est destinée à la collecte, à la liquéfaction partielle des matières polluantes contenues dans les eaux usées et à la rétention des matières solides et des déchets flottants. Elle a [trois] rôles principaux [incluant] un rôle biologique : [la] liquéfaction par digestion anaérobie [...] des boues déposées en fond de cuve et du chapeau formé par la rétention des matières solides flottantes ([les] graisses par exemple).

Spanish

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