GEMET
General
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Environmental
Thesaurus
sludge treatment
Definition

The processing of wastewater sludges to render them innocuous. This may be done by aerobic or anaerobic digestion followed by drying in sand beds, filtering, and incineration, filtering, and drying, or wet air oxidation.

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Scope note

Scope note is not available.

Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7740