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  2. Sewage treatment - Wikipedia

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    The term sewage treatment plant (STP) (or sewage treatment works) is nowadays often replaced with the term wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Strictly speaking, the latter is a broader term that can also refer to industrial wastewater treatment.

  3. Wastewater treatment - Wikipedia

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    Sewage treatment plant (a type of wastewater treatment plant) in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Wastewater treatment is a process which removes and eliminates contaminants from wastewater. It thus converts it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once back in the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on the environment.

  4. Water treatment - Wikipedia

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    The treatment process takes place in a wastewater treatment plant. There are several kinds of wastewater which are treated at the appropriate type of wastewater treatment plant. For domestic wastewater the treatment plant is called a Sewage Treatment. Municipal wastewater or sewage are other names for domestic wastewater. For industrial ...

  5. Activated sludge - Wikipedia

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    Activated sludge tank at Beckton sewage treatment plant, UK.The white bubbles are due to the diffused air aeration system. The activated sludge process is a type of biological wastewater treatment process for treating sewage or industrial wastewaters using aeration and a biological floc composed of bacteria and protozoa.

  6. List of largest wastewater treatment plants - Wikipedia

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    Western Treatment Plant: Melbourne Australia: 1897 485 000 105 [26] Jebel Ali Wastewater Treatment Plant Dubai UAE: 2019 375 000 [27] 6.7 Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant Dhaka Bangladesh: 2023 350 000 500 000 0.26 Largest sewage treatment plan in South Asia. [28] McAlpine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Charlotte, N.C. USA: 1966 290,950

  7. Septic tank - Wikipedia

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    A septic tank is an underground chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, or plastic through which domestic wastewater flows for basic sewage treatment. [2] Settling and anaerobic digestion processes reduce solids and organics, but the treatment efficiency is only moderate (referred to as "primary treatment"). [2]

  8. Sewage plant construction to start in early 2025 - AOL

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    Construction of a regional sewage treatment plant to prevent effluent being pumped into the sea in the west will begin early next year. Plans for the Peel Sewage Treatment Works, situated west of ...

  9. Publicly owned treatment works - Wikipedia

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    A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) is a term used in the United States for a sewage treatment plant owned, and usually operated, by a government agency. In the U.S., POTWs are typically owned by local government agencies, and are usually designed to treat domestic sewage and not industrial wastewater.