sand filtration

collocation in English

meaningsofsandandfiltration

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sand
noun
uk
/sænd/us
/sænd/
a substance that consists of very small grains of rock, found on beaches and ...
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filtration
noun[U]
uk
/fɪlˈtreɪ.ʃən/us
/fɪlˈtreɪ.ʃən/
the act of passing a liquid or gas through a piece of equipment in order to remove solid pieces or ...
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(Definition ofsandandfiltrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At the turn of the nineteenth century, rapidsandfiltrationand water disinfection became widely used and helped to reduce the organic and bacterial load in drinking water.
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Chitosan causes the fine sediment particles to bind together, and is subsequently removed with the sediment duringsandfiltration.
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The original treatment process was by slowsandfiltration, flowing by gravity from the draw-off tower to the filter beds.
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The 100,000 project consists of a pool which is serviced by asandfiltrationsystem and automatic chlorine level control computer.
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During his tenure at the water works, one of the first mechanical filtration (or rapidsandfiltration) plants was built.
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Sandfiltrationapparently can remove up to 50% of the turbidity alone, while the chitosan withsandfiltrationremoves up to 99% turbidity.
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Slowsandfiltrationwas initially the technology of choice for water treatment, later being gradually displaced by rapidsandfiltration.
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The main operations performed by the treatment facilities are pre-chlorination, clarification by flocculation with a coagulant,sandfiltrationand disinfection with ozone and chlorine.
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Such efforts include installingsandfiltrationsystems for the stores' wastewater.
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Rapidsandfiltrationhas very little effect on taste and smell and dissolved impurities of drinking water, unless activated carbon is included in the filter medium.
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