 INTERMITTENT FILTER. A natural or artificial bed of sand or other fine-grained material to which sewage is intermittently applied in doses and through which it flows, opportunity being given for filtration and also oxidation of the organic matter by biochemical...  Sewerage and Sewage Disposal: A Textbook - Page 16by Leonard Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy - 1922 - 598 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Municipal engineering - 1918 - 622 pages
...in which sewage is distributed beneath the surface of the ground by means of open-jointed pipes. (d) An Intermittent Filter is a natural or artificial...biological processes a- high degree of purification. (e) A Contact Bed is a water-tight basin filled with coarse material, such as broken stone, in contact... | |
 | 1917 - 560 pages
...in wihch sewage is distributed beneath the surface of the ground by means of open-jointed pipes. (d) An Intermittent Filter is a natural or artificial...to effect by biological processes a high degree of purificaton. fe) A Contact Bed is a water-tight basin filled with coarse material, such as broken stone,... | |
 | Victor Marcus Ehlers - Hygiene - 1925 - 192 pages
...gas vents and with means for drawing digested sludge from near the bottom. Intermittent Sand-filter: A natural or artificial bed of sand or other fine-grained material to which sewage is applied in intermittent doses and through which it flows. During alternate intervals the interstices... | |
 | Engineering - 1927 - 560 pages
...or without a determined quantity of storm water if from a combined system. Intermittent Filter. — A natural or artificial bed of sand or other fine-grained...which sewage is intermittently applied in doses and through which it flows, opportunity being given for filtration and also oxidation of the organic matter... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1945 - 360 pages
...connection between surface of ground and sewer for admitting surface or storm water. Intermittent filter. Natural or artificial bed of sand or other fine-grained material to which sewage is applied in doses. Sewage flowing through is filtered, and the organic matter is oxidized. Invert. Refers... | |
 | Conrad P. Straub - Radioactive waste disposal - 1964 - 482 pages
...30 million gal/day per acre, sometimes including recirculation of effluent. FILTER, INTERMITTENT— A natural or artificial bed of sand or other finegrained material to the surface of which sewage is intermittently applied in flooding doses and through which it passes,... | |
 | Environmental engineering - 1978 - 938 pages
...substances of mineral origin, or more correctly, not of basically carbon structure. intermittent filter: A natural or artificial bed of sand or other finegrained material to the surface of which wastewater is applied intermittently in flooding doses and through which it passes;... | |
 | David R. Storm - Architecture - 2000 - 460 pages
...garbage disposal. Influent Wastewater as received at a treatment facility. Intermittent sand filter A natural or artificial bed of sand or other fine-grained material to the surface of which wastewater is applied intermittently in flooding doses and through which it passes;... | |
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