Tertiary treatment of wastewater

TABLE 1 Comparative Operating Costs of Snowfluent versus Secondary and Tertiary Treatment of Wastewaters... 

Figure 2.5 illustrates a simplified version of that system. (The schematic omits certain treatment units, such as the initial removal of large solids, for simplicity. Furthermore, it does not include disinfection or tertiary treatment of wastewater. Both of those unit operations could potentially degrade an organic chemical or otherwise remove it from the effluent.)... 

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