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Activated sludge

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000075

Sludge that has been aerated and treated with microorganisms in order to accelerate microbial activity and the oxidation (decomposition) of organic compounds.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000075
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoSludge; Membrane bioreactors
TranslationsSpanish: lodo activado
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000075",
  "term": "Activated sludge",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Sludge that has been aerated and treated with microorganisms in order to accelerate microbial activity and the oxidation (decomposition) of organic compounds.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "sludge",
    "membrane bioreactors"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "lodo activado"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/activated-sludge/"
}

Record 75 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.