In many specialist areas of professional, scientific and commercial life a certain 'jargon' builds up, often serving to mystify and confuse the outsider.  Sewage Treatment is no exception and over the course of eight weekly articles we will attempt to

This week we are concentrating on explaining terms or jargon beginning with 'B' used in the area of sewage or wastewater treatment.  The terms are; Balance Tank, Biofilm, Biozone, Blivet, BMS & BOD/Biochemical Oxygen Demand. 8. BALANCE TANK: A tank placed before

Week 3 of our series explaining terms/jargon/terminology used in the area of sewage or wastewater treatment sees us concentrating on terms beginning with 'C-E'.  The terms are; Clarifier, COD, Combined System, Denitrification, Dry Weather Flow, Effluent, Effluent Treatment Plant/System & Eutrophication.

We are back with Week 4 of our series explaining terms/jargon/terminology used in the area of sewage or wastewater treatment.  This week we review terminology beginning with 'C-E'.  The terms are; Ferric Sulphate (FeSO4), Final Effluent, Final Settlement Tank, Foul Sewage,

Butler Manufacturing Services (BMS) Ltd. series explaining terms/jargon/terminology used in the area of sewage or wastewater treatment continues with terms from N-P. The terms are; Nitrate: (NO3), Nitrite (NO2),Nitrification, Nitrogen (Total Nitrogen), Package, Phosphorous (P/TP), Plug Flow, Population Equivalent (PE) &

BMS series explaining terms/jargon/terminology used in the area of sewage or wastewater treatment continues with terms from R-S.  The terms are; Raw Sewage, Rotating Biological Contactor (RBC), Sand Filter, Saran Filter, Separate Settlement Tanks, Separate System, Septic Tank, Sewage, Sewage Treatment