The Dictionary of Environmental Science and Engineering, Second Edition
Any wastewater treatment, in addition to conventional secondary treatment, by which further removals of impurities are achieved. This does not include chlorination of secondary effluent. Some tertiary treatment processes are sand filtration, microstrainers, oxidation ponds, foam separation, activated carbon absorption, chemical clarification and ion exchange, see Primary treatment, see Secondary treatment, see Water reuse
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