Sludge definition

Sludge means any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility exclusive of the treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant.

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Sludge means the solids, residues, and precipitates separated from, or created in, wastewater by the unit processes of a treatment system.

Sludge means accumulated solid material containing large amounts of entrained water, which has separated from wastewater during processing;

Examples of Sludge in a sentence

• Biohazardous or Biomedical Waste, Hazardous Waste, Sludge, Stable Matter, Green Material or lumber that is more than five (5) feet in length in its longest dimension or two (2) feet in diameter, automobiles, automobile parts, boats, boat parts, boat trailers, internal combustion engines, lead-acid batteries, and those wastes under the control of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

• Biohazardous or Biomedical Waste, Hazardous Waste, Sludge, automobiles, automobile parts, boats, boat parts, boat trailers, internal combustion engines, lead- acid batteries, any matter or materials which are not acceptable for disposal at a Solid Waste landfill as defined in the Act and those wastes under the control of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

• Biohazardous or Biomedical Waste, Hazardous Waste, Sludge, 317 automobiles, automobile parts, boats, boat parts, boat trailers, internal combustion engines, lead-acid 318 batteries, dead animals, and those wastes under the control of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

More Definitions of Sludge

Sludge means any solid, semisolid or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, institutional or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility, or any other waste having similar characteristics and effects.

Sludge means any solid, semisolid or liquid wastes with similar characteristics and effects

Sludge means any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste

Sludge means any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal, industrial or other sewage treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, or any other such waste having similar characteristics and effects; "sludge" shall not include effluent;

Sludge means the accumulated semi-liquid suspension, settled solids, or dried residue of these solids that is deposited from (a) liquid waste in a municipal or industrial wastewater treatment plant, (b) surface or groundwaters treated in a water treatment plant, whether or not these solids have undergone treatment. Septage is included herein as sludge.

Sludge means any solid, semi-solid, or viscous material or other residue resulting from treatment of wastewater or produced as a result of wastewater management.

Sludge means the accumulation of solids which have settled from wastewater. As initially accumulated, and prior to treatment, it is known as "raw sludge".