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2. Maceration (sewage) - Wikipedia

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   Maceration, in sewage treatment, is the use of a machine that reduces solids to small pieces in order to deal with rags and other solid waste.Macerating toilets use a grinding or blending mechanism to reduce human waste to a slurry, which can then be moved by pumping.

3. Grinder pump - Wikipedia

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   Waste from water-using household appliances (toilets, bathtubs, washing machines, etc.) flows through the home’s pipes into the grinder pump’s holding tank. Once the wastewater inside the tank reaches a specific level, the pump will turn on, grind the waste into a fine slurry, and pump it to the central sewer system or septic tank.

4. Dump station - Wikipedia

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   A dump station is a place where raw sewage may be entered into a sanitary sewer system in a safe and responsible way. Dump stations are often used by owners of motorhomes , campervans , recreational vehicles or boats that are equipped with toilet facilities and a sewage holding tank, also known as a blackwater holding tank.

5. Recreational vehicle terms - Wikipedia

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   This water should not be used to fill an RV's potable water tank. RV etiquette demands that the user of an RV dump station cleans up any spills. Dumping at an RV campground in Canada Dumping, dumping tanks The act of emptying the waste tanks. Tanks should always be emptied in sequence, with blackwater first, graywater second.

6. Garbage disposal unit - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, 50% of homes had disposal units as of 2009, [12] compared with only 6% in the United Kingdom [13] and 3% in Canada. [14]In Britain, Worcestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council started to subsidize the purchase of garbage disposal units in 2005, in order to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and the carbon footprint of garbage runs. [15]

7. Imhoff tank - Wikipedia

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   Imhoff tank. a - upper chamber, b-c - outlet for sludge, d - outlet for biogas (would need to be higher), f - lower chamber, g - slot for sludge to pass from the upper to the lower chamber, h - height. The Imhoff tank, named for German engineer Karl Imhoff (1876–1965), is a chamber suitable for the reception and processing of sewage.