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Descriptor English:   Biological Filters 
Descriptor Spanish:   Filtros Biológicos 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Filtros Biológicos 
Synonyms English:   Adhered Biomass Models
Adhered Biomass Reactors
Adhered Biomass
Biofilters
Biological Filtration
Dripping Filters
Percolating Filters
Spray Filters
Trickling Biofilters
Trickling Filters  
Tree Number:   SP4.021.202.133.709.645.446
SP4.031.100.200.292.663.209
SP4.122.006.062.493.774.430
Definition English:   A fixed bed of rocks, lava, coke, gravel, slag, polyurethane foam, sphagnum peat moss, ceramic, or plastic media over which sewage or other wastewater flows downward that causes a layer of microbial slime (biofilm) to grow, covering the bed of media. 
See Related English:   Biological Phenomena
Wastewater Treatment
Wetlands
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects AN analysis
CL classification EC economics
ES ethics EH ethnology
HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods PL policies
PC prevention & control SN statistics & numerical data
Record Number:   16419 
Unique Identifier:   DDCS016419 

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