SCI 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Eutrophication, Aeration, Nutrient Pollution
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Vocabulary: sludge is composed of the organic solids collected during the wastewater treatment process, the solids screened from raw sewage are typically disposed of at a landfill. In aeration basins, microbes consume small particles of organic matter. It is called clarifying when wastewater sits in tanks, allowing solids to sink to the bottom and greases and oils to rise to the surface. The factory is a point source of water pollution. (point sources of pollution are discrete locations that produce water pollution.
