TABLE OF CONTENTS 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid.
A device in which tablets of calcium hypochlorite are placed. The tablets slowly dissolve to disinfect the water. The tablets must be renewed at appropriate intervals.
Taxis.
Thermophilic anaerobic digestion.
A genus of parasitic tapeworm. Taenia saginata larvae are found in cattle and T. solium in pigs, but both are also parasites in man causing taeniasis (beef tapeworm) or cysticercosis (pork tapeworm). Apart from transmission by undercooked meat, direct ingestion of the eggs from infected faeces is also possible. Prevention of the disease is by sanitary disposal of wastewater and thorough cooking of meat, particularly pork.
Infection by the tapeworm Taenia.
The use of tracers.
(1) In refuse, tailings are the material left after ashes and dust have been screened off, and iron, steel and any other material salvaged. This material then goes to a landfill for disposal or to the incinerator for reduction in volume. (2) Waste material from mineral preparation plants, mainly fine solid gangue that becomes fluid if mixed with water.
A channel taking water from a waterwheel or a turbine.
The water in the channel downstream of a hydraulic structure, e.g. a dam or weir.
Thalweg.
See oil tanker washings.
An on-line tank.
Chromium salts (e.g. chromium sulphate) are often used, although some heavy...
