Water and Wastewater Terms Beginning S

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saturator (SAT-yoo-ray-tor)

A device causes the greatest possible quantity of 1 substance to combine with, dissolve into, or hold another substance. For example, in a flouride saturator, water is pumped through sodium flouride to produce the flouride solution. In dissolved air floatation, an air saturator contains a pressurized solution of air and water that dissolves air into the water and generates microbubbles.