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MBR and Sludge glossary (E)

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EBPR
Enhanced biological phosphorus removal

EC
Enterococci

ED
Electrodialysis

EDCs
Endrocrine disrupting compounds

EGSB
Expanded granular sludge bed

Electro-dewatering EDW
Dewatering technology based on electro-osmotic separation

Electro-osmosis
Electrophoretic process by which water moves through a porous medium under the influence of a direct electric field by virtue of a solid-solution interfacial electrical potential

Endogenous respiration
Oxidation by aerobic micro-organisms of some of their own cellular mass, rather than of other organic carbon food sources

EPSc
Extracellular polymeric substances (carbohydrate)

EPSp
Extracellular polymeric substances (protein)

EQ
Equalisation

EQI
Effluent quality index

Exothermic
Heat-generating

Extended aeration process
Adaptation of the CAS process with increased residence time to promote further degradation of the biological solids by endogenous respiration

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