Filtration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010996",
  "term": "Filtration",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "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.",
  "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)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/filtration/"
}