Filtration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010996",
  "term": "Filtration",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "1. Filtration is a treatment process that removes solid matter from water by passing the water through a porous medium, such as sand or a manufactured filter.\n\n2. A process for removing particulate matter from water by passage through porous media.\n\n3. A treatment process, under the control of qualified operators, for removing solid (particulate) matter from water by means of porous media such as sand or a man-made filter; often used to remove particles that contain pathogens.\n\n4. Process for removing particulate matter from water by passage through porous media.",
    "(treatment technology category) Filtration using granular media or other medium to remove suspended solids."
  ],
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary",
    "40 CFR 141.2 (CFR 2018)",
    "Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELG) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/filtration/"
}