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Hello my name is Teresa and i am going to talk about sewage

They are waters that have been modified by human activities and
that, due to their quality, require prior treatment, before being
reused, discharged into a natural body of water, or discharged
into the sewage system.
Wastewater treatment begins with the physical separation of
large solids from their current, using a grid system, although said
waste can also be crushed by special equipment; subsequently, a
demander (separation of very dense small solids such as sand) is
applied followed by a primary sedimentation that separates the
suspended solids existing in the wastewater. Precipitation
reactions are used to remove dissolved metals, which are used to
remove lead and phosphorus, mainly. This is followed by the
progressive conversion of the dissolved biological matter into a
solid biological mass using suitable bacteria, generally present in
these waters. Once the biological mass is separated (a process
called secondary sedimentation), the treated water can undergo
additional processes (tertiary treatment) such as disinfection,
filtration, etc. The final effluent can be discharged or
reintroduced back into a natural water body (stream, river or
bay) or other environment (surface terrain, subsoil, etc.

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