Glossary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
S
sampler
sand drying bed
sand filtration
sanitary wastewater
SBC
SBOD
SBR
SCADA
schmutzdecke
screening
screenings
screenings press
screw conveyor
screw pump
scrubber
scrubbing
scum
scum breaker
scum collector
scum trough
secondary clarifier
secondary contaminant
secondary effluent
secondary sludge
secondary treatment
second-stage biochemical oxygen demand
sediment
sedimentation
sedimentation basin
seepage pit
septic tank
sequencing batch reactor
settleable solids
settled-sludge volume
settling tank
settling velocity
sewage
sewer
sewer gas
sewerage
side-hill screen
silica
silo
silt
skimming
skip
slime
sloughing
slow sand filter
sludge
sludge age
sludge blanket
sludge bulking
sludge cake
sludge collector
sludge conditioning
sludge dewatering
sludge digestion
sludge dryer
sludge stabilization
sludge volume index
sludge-drying bed
slug load
slurry
soda ash
sodium aluminate
sodium carbonate
sodium hydroxide
solar pond
solids contact clarifier
solids retention time
SOUR
specific oxygen uptake rate
splitter box
SRT
SS
SSV
stabilization pond
static mixer
static screen
static tube diffuser
step aeration
sterilization
storage lagoon
storm sewer
stormwater
stripper
sullage
sump
supernatant
support gravel
surface aerator
surface wash
suspended solids
suspended-growth process
SVI
sweep