Glossary
The technical terms used in this site and the general terms of water treatment are explained on this page. The terms are listed in alphabetic order. Select the term you are looking for from the index on the left.
- Viruses
- A type of infectious pathogens. It includes hepatitis viruses, influenza viruses and polioviruses. Unlike germs, they have submicroscopic sizes (200 to 3000Å, 0.02 to 0.3µm). They do not grow by them selves, but they live parasitically in creatures, and grow only in living cells.
- Whole quantity filtration method
- This is a filtration method which filters the whole amount without circulating the feed water. It is also called dead end filtration.