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Million Gallons per Day

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-017337

  1. 1. A unit of flow commonly used for wastewater discharges. One mgd is equivalent to 1.547 cubic feet per second.

    2. A unit of flow commonly used for wastewater discharges. One million gallon per day is equivalent to 1.547 cubic feet per second.

  2. A measure of water flow.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-017337
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater; General environmental
Abbreviationmgd; MGD
ReferencesNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary; EPA NPDES Permit Writers’ Manual September 2010 at http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/pwm_2010.pdf; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary; Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Terms of Environment
Record as JSON
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    "A measure of water flow."
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    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Terms of Environment"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/million-gallons-per-day/"
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Record 17,337 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.