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Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant

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Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Washington, D.C., is the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the world. [1]

22 relations: Algal bloom, Aquatic ecosystem, Chesapeake Bay, Clean Water Act, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, Fairfax County, Virginia, Loudoun County, Virginia, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potomac River, Prince George's County, Maryland, Secondary treatment, Sewage sludge treatment, Southwest, Washington, D.C., Thermal hydrolysis, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Wastewater treatment, Water quality.

Algal bloom

An algal bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems, and is recognized by the discoloration in the water from their pigments.

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Aquatic ecosystem

An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem in a body of water.

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Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary in the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia.

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Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution.

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District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) provides drinking water, sewage collection and sewage treatment in Washington, D.C..

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Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a predominantly suburban county — with urban and rural pockets — in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland, located adjacent to Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 971,777, increasing by 9.0% to an estimated 1,058,810 in 2017.

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National Association of Clean Water Agencies

National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) represents the interests of publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities, collection systems, and stormwater management agencies before the United States Congress, several Federal agencies, and in the courts.

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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George’s County (often shortened to "PG County") is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 863,420, making it the second-most populous county in Maryland, behind only Montgomery County.

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Secondary treatment

Secondary treatment is a treatment process for wastewater (or sewage) to achieve a certain degree of effluent quality by using a sewage treatment plant with physical phase separation to remove settleable solids and a biological process to remove dissolved and suspended organic compounds.

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Sewage sludge treatment

Sewage sludge treatment describes the processes used to manage and dispose of sewage sludge produced during sewage treatment.

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Southwest, Washington, D.C.

Southwest (SW or S.W.) is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street.

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Thermal hydrolysis

Thermal hydrolysis is a process used for treating industrial waste, municipal solid waste and sewage sludge.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment is a process used to convert wastewater into an effluent (outflowing of water to a receiving body of water) that can be returned to the water cycle with minimal impact on the environment or directly reused.

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Water quality

Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological characteristics of water.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Plains_Advanced_Wastewater_Treatment_Plant

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