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subsurface sand filter

 
Architecture: subsurface sand filter
 

A wide bed, consisting of a number of lines of perforated pipe or drain tile surrounded by clean coarse aggregate, containing an intermediate layer of sand as filtering material, and provided with a system of underdrains for carrying off the filtered sewage.


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