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Processes utilized by Best Management Practices - Storage and Reuse

Processes utilized by Best Management Practices - Storage and Reuse. Sources: WEF, 2012; Strecker, 2005.
    Irrigation Municipal uses In-building uses Industrial uses
  Pretreatment X X X X
HYDRAULIC PROCESSES Attenuation        
Infiltration / Runoff reduction        
Evaporation        
Transpiration        
PHYSICAL PROCESSES Screening        
Sedimentation        
Filtration        
Flotation / Skimming        
Laminar Separation        
Swirl concentration        
BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES Plant metabolism        
Pathogen die-off        
Nitrification / denitrification        
CHEMICAL PROCESSES Precipitation        
Coagulation        
Sorption/Ion Exchange        
OTHER Thermal / temperature