MBR and Sludge glossary (E)
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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