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Descriptor English: Retention Time (Sewerage)
Descriptor Spanish: Tiempo de Retención (Aguas Residuales)
Descriptor tiempo de retención (aguas residuales)
Scope note: Tiempo medio entre dos operaciones de descarga de material retenido en un proceso de tratamiento e incluye tiempo de digestión, de sedimentación o de aireación. Se trata de un tiempo medio de acumulación. (Traducción libre del original: ABES, 1981)
Descriptor Portuguese: Tempo de Retenção (Esgoto)
Descriptor French: Temps de Rétention (Égouts)
Tree number(s): SP4.895.141.712.348.442
Scope note: Average time between two discharge operations of material retained in a treatment process including digestion, sedimentation or aeration time. This is an average time of accumulation. (Free translation from the original: Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental - ABES, 1981)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
History Note: 2019
DeCS ID: 57876
Unique ID: DDCS057876
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Retention Time (Sewerage) - Preferred
Concept UI FD00062148
Scope note Average time between two discharge operations of material retained in a treatment process including digestion, sedimentation or aeration time. This is an average time of accumulation. (Free translation from the original: Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental - ABES, 1981)
Preferred term Retention Time (Sewerage)



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