Glossary of Water and Wastewater Terms

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Monitor, Television

See TELEVISION MONITOR.

Rotameter (ROTE-uh-ME-ter)

A device used to measure the flow rate of gases and liquids. The gas or liquid being measured flows vertically up a tapered, calibrated tube. Inside the tube is a small ball or bullet-shaped float (it may rotate) that rises or falls depending on the flow rate. The flow rate may be read on a scale behind or on the tube by looking at the middle of the ball or at the widest part or top of the float.

Septic Tank Effluent Filter System (STEF)

A facility in which effluent flows from a septic tank into a gravity flow collection system that flows into a gravity sewer, treatment plant, or subsurface leaching system. The gravity flow pipeline is called an effluent drain.

Standard Solution

A solution in which the exact concentration of a chemical or compound is known.

Lateral

See LATERAL SEWER.