Water and Wastewater Terms Beginning S

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Symbols and Numbers

Sacrificial Anode
Saddle
Saddle Connection
Safe Drinking Water Act
Safe Water
Safe Yield
Salinity
Salt
Sand Equivalent
Sand Trap
Sanitary Collection System
Sanitary Sewer
Sanitary Survey
Saprophytes
SAR
SARA
Saturated Soil
Saturation
Saturator
SCADA System
Scale
scfm
Schedule, Pipe
Schmutzdecke
Scooter
Screen
Scum
SDGS System
SDWA
Seal
Sealing
Sealing Water
Seasonal Water Table
Secchi Disk
Secondary Clarifier
Secondary Element
Secondary Treatment
Sediment
Sedimentation
Sedimentation Basin
Seed Sludge
Segregate
Seismic
Seizing or Seize Up
Select Backfill
Select Bedding
Selector
Selector Recycle
Sensitivity
Sensor
Septage
Septic
Septic Tank
Septic Tank Effluent Filter System
Septic Tank Effluent Pump System
Septicity
Sequencing Batch Reactor
Sequestration
Series Operation
Service
Service Connection
Service Pipe
Service Root
Set Point
Sewage
Sewer
Sewer Ball
Sewer Cleanout
Sewer Gas
Sewer Jack
Sewer Main
Sewer Root
Sewer System
Sewerage
Shear Pin
Sheave
Sheeting
Shield
Shim
Shock Load
Shoring
Short-Circuiting
Shredding
SIC Code
Sidestream
Significant Figure
Significant Industrial User
Significant Noncompliance
Silting
Simulate
Single-Stage Pump
Sink
Siphon
Skatole
Slake
Slaked Lime
Sleeve
Sliplining
Slope
Sloughed or Sloughing
Sloughings
Sludge
Sludge Age
Sludge Density Index
Sludge Digestion
Sludge Gasification
Sludge Volume Index
Sludge Volume Ratio
Slug
Slurry
Small-Diameter Gravity Sewer System
SMCL
Smoke Test
Snake
SNARL
Soap Cake or Soap Buildup
Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR)
Soft Water
Software Program
Soil Displacement
Soil Pipe
Soil Pollution
Soil Stabilization
Solenoid
Solids Concentration
Soluble BOD
Solute
Solution
Solvent
Solvent Extraction
Solvent Management Plan
Sounding Rod
Sounding Tube
Span
SPC Chart
Specific Capacity
Specific Capacity Test
Specific Conductance
Specific Gravity
Specific Yield
Spherulitic
Splash Pad
Split Sample
Spoil
Spore
Springline
SSES
SSO
Stabilization
Stabilized Waste
Staff Gauge
Stale Water
Standard
Standard Deviation
Standard Methods
Standard Solution
Standardize
Starters (Motor)
Static Head
Static Lift
Static Pressure
Static Water Depth
Static Water Head
Static Water Level
Station
Station, Lift
Stator
STEF System
Step System
Step-Feed Aeration
Sterilization
Stethoscope
Stilling Well
Stop Log
Stoppage
Storativity
Storm Collection System
Storm Runoff
Storm Sewer
Stormwater
Stormwater Inlet
Stratification
Stray Current Corrosion
Stretch
Stringers
Stripped Gases
Stripped Odors
Structural Defect
Structural Failure
Struvite
Stuck Digester
Submergence
Subsidence
Subsoil Geology
Substrate
Subsurface Leaching System
Subsystem
Sucker Rods
Suction Head
Suction Lift
Sump
Sump Card
Superchlorination
Superfund Act
Supernatant
Supersaturated
Surcharge
Surcharged Manhole
Surface Loading
Surface Runoff
Surface-Active Agent
Surfaced Defect
Surfaced Void
Surfactant
Surge Chamber
Surveillance Television Equipment
Suspended Growth Processes
Suspended Solids
SVI
Swab
Synergistic Reaction