Tertiary Treatment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027850",
  "term": "Tertiary Treatment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An enhancement of normal sewage treatment operations to provide water of potable quality using further chemical and physical treatment; the highest drinking water standard achieved in the U.S.\n\n2. Advanced cleaning of wastewater that goes beyond the secondary or biological stage, removing nutrients such as phosphorus, nitrogen, and most biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and suspended solids.\n\n3. Advanced cleaning of wastewater that goes beyond the secondary or biological stage, removing nutrients such as phosphorus, nitrogen, and most BOD and suspended solids.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary; Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology; Urban Watershed Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/tertiary-treatment/"
}