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settling basin |
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settling basin [′set·liŋ ‚bās·ən] (civil engineering) An artificial trap designed to collect suspended stream sediment before discharge of the stream into a reservoir. (industrial engineering) A sedimentation area designed to remove pollutants from factory effluents. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Work is already under way on the $13 million first phase of changes to the treatment plant, including changes to the settling basins where organic material and other sediments are removed from the water. They used cost-share funding from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to build a barnyard and settling basin to control runoff. The second is between the settling basin and the manure separator. |
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