sludge has definitions from the field of chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) the precipitate produced by sewage treatment

Used in print

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

It seems that the aerated lagoon was a very heavily loaded oxidation pond or a lightly loaded activated sludge system .

The average sludge age based on displacement of solids was calculated to be 14.5 days .

It was found that the aerated lagoon was an activated sludge system rather_than an oxidation pond .

The bacteria formed typical activated sludge floc .

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precipitate

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[ noun ] any thick messy substance

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substance sapropel mire

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