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floodway: A channel built to carry excess water from a stream.<br />

food to microorganism ratio (F/M): Amount of BOD applied to the acti-<br />

vated sludge system per day per amount of MLSS in the aeration<br />

basin, expressed as lb BOD/d/lb MLSS.<br />

graywater: <strong>Wastewater</strong> generated by water-using fixtures <strong>and</strong> appliances,<br />

excluding the toilet <strong>and</strong> possibly the garbage disposal.<br />

hardpan: A hardened soil layer, in the lower A or in the B horizon,<br />

caused by cementation of soil particles with organic matter or with<br />

materials such as silica, sesquioxides, or calcium carbonate. The<br />

hardness does not change appreciably with changes in moisture con-<br />

tent, <strong>and</strong> pieces of the hard layer do not slake in water.<br />

heavy soil: (Obsolete in scientific use.) A soil with a high content<br />

of the fine separates, particularly clay, or one with a high<br />

drawbar pull <strong>and</strong> hence difficult to cultivate.<br />

hydraulic conductivity: See conductivity, hydraulic.<br />

impervious: Resistant to penetration by fluids or by roots.<br />

influent: Water, wastewater, or other liquid flowing into a reservoir,<br />

basin, or treatment plant.<br />

intermittent filter: A natural or artificial bed of s<strong>and</strong> or other fine-<br />

grained material to the surface of which wastewater is applied in-<br />

termittently in flooding doses <strong>and</strong> through which it passes; oppor-<br />

tunity is given for filtration <strong>and</strong> the maintenance of an aerobic<br />

condition.<br />

ion: A charged atom, molecule, or radical, the migration of which af-<br />

fects the transport of electricity through an electrolyte or, to a<br />

certain extent, through a gas. An atom or molecule that has lost<br />

or gained one or more electrons; by such ionization it becomes<br />

electrically charged. An example is the alpha particle.<br />

ion exchange: A chemical process involving reversible interchange of<br />

ions between a liquid <strong>and</strong> a solid but no radical change in<br />

structure of the solid.<br />

leaching: The removal of materials in solution from the soil.<br />

lysimeter: A device for measuring percolation <strong>and</strong> leaching losses from<br />

a column of soil under controlled conditions.<br />

manifold: A pipe fitting with numerous branches to convey fluids be-<br />

tween a large pipe <strong>and</strong> several smaller pipes, or to permit choice<br />

of diverting flow from one of several sources or to one of several<br />

discharge points.<br />

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