Recirculating Media Filter

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023317",
  "term": "Recirculating Media Filter",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Wastewater treatment system component featuring a layer of sand, gravel, or other material, on which effluent is applied and treated via microbial growth on the surface of the media, allowing the effluent to trickle through. A portion of the effluent is returned to another system component for further treatment or to facilitate a treatment process.\n\n2. A wastewater treatment system component featuring a layer of sand, gravel, or other material, on which effluent is applied and treated via microbial growth on the surface of the media, allowing the effluent to trickle through. A portion of the effluent is returned to another system component for further treatment or to facilitate a treatment process.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdff",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/recirculating-media-filter/"
}