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Term

wastewater treatment plant

Term

(1) Plant where, through physical-chemical and biological processes, organic matter, bacteria, viruses and solids are removed from residential, commercial and industrial wastewaters before they are discharged in rivers, lakes and seas. (2) Installations to render wastewater, sludge, storm water or cooling water fit to meet applicable environmental standards or other quality norms for recycling or reuse.

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EEA Glossary

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Definition source publication

1) ETC/CDS. General Environmental Multilingual Thesaurus (GEMET 2000). 2) Eurostat/OECD Joint Questionnaire on Environmental Statistics.

Publication year

2000

Definition source URL

http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EEAGlossary

Organisation

1) ETC/CDS

Organisation full name

Subjects

WATER

Long definition

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