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Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook, 1998: Toward Cleaner Production - Page 454
1999 - 457 pages
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Code of Federal Regulations: Containing a Codification of Documents of ...

2002 - 928 pages
...residence that is currently used as either a residence or a place of business. Slow sand filtration means a process involving passage of raw water through a bed of sand at low velocity (generally less than 0.4 m/h) resulting in substantial particulate removal by physical and biological...
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Information Resources Directory: IRD

1989 - 662 pages
...System, and to determine if the site presents an immediate threat that requires prompt removal action. Siting The process of choosing a location for a facility....remove oil or scum from the surface of the water. Slope factor A plausible upper-bound estimate of the probability of a response per unit intake of a...
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Environmental Law Lexicon

Nicholas A. Robinson - 2016 - 576 pages
...using an agent to trap the oil; both sink to the bottom of the body of water and biodegrade [EPA]. SKIMMING: Using a machine to remove oil or scum from the surface of the water [EPA]; referred to in Reynolds Metal Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency, 760 F.2d 549, 557 (4th...
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Dictionary & Thesaurus of Environment, Health & Safety

Us Dept Energy - 1992 - 536 pages
...October 12, 1990 BT1 Filtration BT2 Pollution Recovery Processes BT3 Processes SO Water Pollution DEF A process involving passage of raw water through a bed of sand at low velocity (generally less than 0.4 m/h) resulting in substantial paniculate removal by physical and biological...
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Geological Aspects of Hazardous Waste Management

Stephen M. Testa - 1993 - 562 pages
...covered by this part. Slow sand filtration (141.2): means a process involving passage of raw water involving passage of raw water through a bed of sand at low velocity (generally less than 0.4 m/h) resulting in substantial particulate removal by physical and biological...
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Hand Book Of Mechanical Engineering Terms

K. K. Ramalingam - 1996 - 402 pages
...of copper or similar material used under a bearing cap, for example, to increase bearing clearance. SKIMMING - Using a machine to remove oil or scum from the surface of the water. SLUDGE - Accumulation in oil pan, containing water, dirt and oil, sludge is very viscous and tends...
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America

1996 - 772 pages
...used as either a residence or a place of business. Slow sand filtration means a process involving1 passage of raw water through a bed of sand at low velocity (generally lees than 0.4 m/h) resulting in substantial partlculate removal by physical and biological...
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Concise Dictionary of Environmental Terms

Kevin Morris, Joseph Reynolds, Louis Theodore - 1998 - 404 pages
...with a Reynolds number less than one. [8] slow sand filtration - a treatment process that involves the passage of raw water through a bed of sand at low velocity, which results in the substantial removal of chemical and biological contaminants. [4] sludge - the...
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The Industrial Wastewater Systems Handbook

Ralph L. Stephenson, James B. Blackburn, Jr. - 1997 - 546 pages
...system and to determine if the site presents an immediate threat that requires prompt removal action. Siting The process of choosing a location for a facility....remove oil or scum from the surface of the water. SLA Submerged Lands Act 43 USC 1301 et sequation Slow Sand Filtration Treatment process involving passage...
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Common Sense Dictionary for First Responders

Frank L. Fire - 2006 - 307 pages
...influencing factors at an emergency scene before committing personnel and equipment to a course of action. skimming. Using a machine to remove oil or scum from the surface of the water. slaked lime. Calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2. slow sand filtration. Passage of raw water through a bed of...
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