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Centralized Wastewater Treatment System

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-004552

A managed system consisting of collection sewers and a single treatment plant used to collect and treat wastewater from an entire service area. Traditionally, such a system has been called a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) as defined at 40 CFR 122.2.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-004552
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
AbbreviationWWTP
ReferencesNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary; Septic Systems Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004552",
  "term": "Centralized Wastewater Treatment System",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A managed system consisting of collection sewers and a single treatment plant used to collect and treat wastewater from an entire service area. Traditionally, such a system has been called a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) as defined at 40 CFR 122.2.",
  "abbreviation": "WWTP",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary; Septic Systems Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/centralized-wastewater-treatment-system/"
}

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