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settling pond

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settling pond [′set·liŋ ‚pänd]
(mining engineering)
A natural or artificial pond for recovering the solids from an effluent.


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The number and size of these settling ponds containing lethal amounts of naphthenic acids are growing daily.
Byline: DAVID HALL IN what could be a major breakthrough in coarse fishing management locally, the clubs that make up the Tyne Anglers Alliance have now received the agreement of Northumbrian Water to establish the far west settling pond at Whittle Dene as a nursery pond.
It currently goes into settling ponds which have been lined with synthetic liners so the liquid can't leech.
 
 
 
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