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Waste sludge
The excess biomass produced during biological wastewater treatment (->activated sludge). It is extracted from the activated sludge basin and dehydrated to form “sewage sludge”.
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Water Framework Directive (WFD)
See: EU Water Framework Directive.
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Water governance
Term for a holistic water management process comprising ecological, economic and social aspects as well as regulatory and nonregulatory measures. The comprehensive and early involvement of the public in decision making-processes (e.g. poor persons who have little or no access to drinking water) is of central importance to the “water governance” approach, as is the participation of groups with different interests. In this context, water governance also represents a means of conflict prevention or resolution (particularly in areas where water is scarce).
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WFD
Water Framework Directive of the European Community; See: EU Water Framework Directive.
