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trickling filter
(redirected from Biological trickling filters (Biofilters))

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trickling filter [′trik·liŋ ‚fil·tər]
(civil engineering)
A bed of broken rock or other coarse aggregate onto which sewage or industrial waste is sprayed intermittently and allowed to trickle through, leaving organic matter on the surface of the rocks, where it is oxidized and removed by biological growths.


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