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Ballast

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-002707

1. Water, sand, or other heavy material used to give ships weight and stability.

2. Flow of waters, from a ship, that is treated along with refinery wastewaters in the main treatment system.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-002707
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEcosystems
ReferencesChesapeake Bay Glossary; 40 CFR 419.11 (CFR 2017)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002707",
  "term": "Ballast",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Water, sand, or other heavy material used to give ships weight and stability.\n\n2. Flow of waters, from a ship, that is treated along with refinery wastewaters in the main treatment system.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "40 CFR 419.11 (CFR 2017)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ballast/"
}

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