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Sewage treatment effluent well

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025355

Class V wells that are used by privately or publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) to inject treated or untreated domestic sewage through a vertical well or a leachfield. Aquifer recharge wells, aquifer storage and recovery wells, subsidence control wells, and saline intrusion barrier wells injecting treated or untreated wastewater are considered sewage treatment effluent wells.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025355
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments; Land, waste and cleanup
ReferencesUnderground Injection Control Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025355",
  "term": "Sewage treatment effluent well",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Sewage Treatment Effluent Well",
  "definition": "Class V wells that are used by privately or publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) to inject treated or untreated domestic sewage through a vertical well or a leachfield. Aquifer recharge wells, aquifer storage and recovery wells, subsidence control wells, and saline intrusion barrier wells injecting treated or untreated wastewater are considered sewage treatment effluent wells.",
  "subject": [
    "Built environments",
    "Land, waste and cleanup"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Underground Injection Control Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/sewage-treatment-effluent-well/"
}

Record 24,672 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.