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Publicly-owned treatment work

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-022752

Publicly-owned treatment works (POTWs) are public wastewater treatment facilities that receive wastewater, usually through a pipe system, from facilities using toxic chemicals. Because of the unique treatment system, POTWs are modeled separately from other off-site facilities.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-022752
FieldEnvironment
SubjectChemicals, toxics and pesticides
AbbreviationPOTW
ReferencesRisk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022752",
  "term": "Publicly-owned treatment work",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Publicly-owned treatment works (POTWs) are public wastewater treatment facilities that receive wastewater, usually through a pipe system, from facilities using toxic chemicals. Because of the unique treatment system, POTWs are modeled separately from other off-site facilities.",
  "abbreviation": "POTW",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/publicly-owned-treatment-work/"
}

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