Water and Wastewater Terms Beginning M

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media

The material in a trickling filter on which slime accumulates and organisms grow. As settled wastewater trickles over the media, organisms in the slime remove certain types of wastes, thereby partially treating the wastewater. Also, the material in a rotating biological contactor or in a gravity or pressure filter.