abiotic environment |
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activated sludge |
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adsorption |
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advanced wastewater treatment |
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aeration |
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aerobes |
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aerobic process |
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alcohol |
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aldehyde |
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alkalinity |
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amine |
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amino acid |
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anabolism |
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anaerobes |
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anaerobic process |
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anoxic process |
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anthropogenic |
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aromatic |
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attached growth reactor |
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autotrophic |
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autotrophs |
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bacteria |
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baghouse filter |
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biochemical oxygen demand (bod) |
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biofilm |
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biogeochemical cycle |
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biosynthesis |
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bod |
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carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (cbod) |
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carbonyl |
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catabolism |
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cell |
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cfcs |
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chemical fixation (or stabilization/solidification) |
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chemical oxygen demand (cod) |
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chemoautotrophic |
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chemotroph |
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chlorofluorocarbons |
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clarifier (sedimentation basin) |
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climatology |
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closure |
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coagulation |
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cod |
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colloids |
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complexation |
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component |
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composting |
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compound |
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compression settling |
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consumers |
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conversion |
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corrosive waste |
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covalent bond |
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cybernetic |
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decomposers |
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denitrification |
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deoxygenation |
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discrete settling |
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disease |
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disinfection |
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dispersion |
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dissolved oxygen (do) |
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dump |
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ecology |
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ecosystem |
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effluent |
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effluent based standards |
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electronegativity |
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electrostatic precipitator |
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elementary reaction |
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epilimnion |
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equivalent |
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ethers |
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eucaryotic organisms |
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evaporation |
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evapotranspiration |
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facultative |
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fermentation |
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fixed solids |
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flash point |
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flocculant settling |
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fluidization |
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flux |
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gas stripping |
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global warming |
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greenhouse gases |
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groundwater |
|
haps |
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hardness |
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heterotrophic |
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hindered (zone) settling |
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hydrocarbon |
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hypolimnion |
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in situ treatment |
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infectious disease |
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infiltration |
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influent |
|
ion exchange |
|
irreversible reaction |
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isomers |
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kerogen |
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ketones |
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landfill |
|
landfilling |
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leachate |
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leaching |
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ligand |
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limnology |
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mass balance |
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maximum contaminant level (mcl) |
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mcl |
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mercaptans |
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metabolism |
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metalimnion |
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meteorology |
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mixed liquor suspended solids (mlss) |
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mixed liquor volatile suspended solids (mlvss) |
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mlss |
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mlvss |
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nitrification |
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nitrogen fixation |
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nitrogenous oxygen demand (nod) |
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nonpoint source pollution (npsp) |
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npdes |
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npsp |
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organic compound |
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organic nitrogen |
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oxidative phosphorylation |
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packed tower |
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pathogenic organism |
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phenol |
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phenyl- |
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phosphorylation |
|
photoautotrophic |
|
photochemical pollutants |
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photophosphorylation |
|
phototroph |
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pollution |
|
potw or |
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precipitation |
|
primary standards |
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primary treatment |
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procaryotic organisms |
|
producers |
|
publicly owned treatment works (potw) |
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reactive waste |
|
reaeration |
|
receiving water |
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receiving water quality standards |
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recycling |
|
refuse |
|
refuse derived fuel (rdf) |
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respiration |
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reversible reaction |
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runoff |
|
saltwater intrusion |
|
secondary standards |
|
secondary treatment |
|
secured landfill |
|
sedimentation |
|
sedimentation basin. |
|
shock load |
|
site remediation |
|
siting |
|
sludge |
|
softening |
|
solidification |
|
solids flux |
|
source reduction |
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species |
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stabilization |
|
sterilization |
|
storage |
|
stratosphere |
|
stream based standards |
|
strong acid |
|
substrate level phosphorylation |
|
surface water |
|
suspended growth reactor |
|
system |
|
thermocline |
|
thiols |
|
total dissolved solids |
|
total solids |
|
total suspended solids |
|
toxicity |
|
trace contaminants |
|
transpiration |
|
trickling filter |
|
trophic level |
|
troposphere |
|
ultimate biochemical oxygen demand (bodu) |
|
ultimate disposal |
|
virion |
|
virus |
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volatile |
|
volatile solids |
|
waste minimization |
|
wastewater |
|
weak acid |
|
wetland |
|
zone settling |
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