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- Top Term
- biological nutrient reduction
- Definition
- An advanced form of the activated sludge process wherein some types of bacteria utilise the oxygen from phosphates in sewage as their energy source, reducing the phosphorus (P) content of the effluent from 10 – 15 mg/L to 1 – 5 mg/L.
- Source
- (toolkit 20091023)
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