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BOD： Biological Oxygen Demand TOC： Total Organic Carbon VSS： Volatile Suspended Solid CBA： Cost Benefit Analysis NPS： New Production Skill 富营养化：Eutrophication 活性淤泥：activated sludge 反向渗透：reverse osmosis 新陈代谢：metabolization 曝气池：aeration tank Process whereby water changes from liquid to gas. Evaporation The physical and biotic habitat which surrounds us. Environment One treatment process aimed to dispose the suspended solids and grits in the wastewater. Primary treatment The process by which wastes are converted into environment friendly end products with the help of microorganism. Biodegradation The process in which suspended solids joined together to settle down with flocculant. Flocculation In every society it is necessary to have a general system of laws to ensure justice. Laws are designed to make certain that peoples rights are protected and that people respect each others rights. Sometimes, however, laws are passed which are specific to a time or situation. For example, a town in Indiana once passed a law making it illegal to shoot open a can of food. Apparently, some gun-carrying citizens forgot their can openers and naturally enough, used their guns to do the job. This disturbed other citizens, and endangered their lives, so a law was passed to prevent it. Specific laws sometimes remain in existence long after the problem has disappeared. The laws then seem strange. For example, the Indiana law was no longer necessary when citizens stopped carrying guns and using them as can openers. Since the law was no longer needed, what once made sense now seems like nonsense. Sometimes laws designed to serve a good purpose were passed but somehow these became mixed up in their wording. As a result, the laws dont make sense. In one state there is a law which says that it is illegal to move or to attempt to move a motor vehicle. Obviously, a massive traffi