Waste Treatment System

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029983",
  "term": "Waste Treatment System",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Including treatment ponds or lagoons designed to meet the requirements of CWA (other than cooling ponds as defined in 40 CFR 423.11(m) which also meet the criteria of this definition) are not waters of the United States. This exclusion applies only to manmade bodies of water which neither were originally created in waters of the United States (such as disposal area in wetlands) nor resulted from the impoundment of waters of the United States. [See Note 1 of this section.]\n\n2. Includes all components, including lagoons and treatment ponds (such as settling or cooling ponds), designed to either convey or retain, concentrate, settle, reduce, or remove pollutants, either actively or passively, from wastewater prior to discharge (or eliminating any such discharge).",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 122.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1990 (CFR 2020)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/waste-treatment-system/"
}