Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

surrogate wastewater

Portuguese translation:

efluente sucedâneo

Added to glossary by Kevin Freyburg
May 30, 2012 02:27
12 yrs ago
English term

surrogate wastewater

English to Portuguese Tech/Engineering Engineering (general) Wastewater Treatment Plan
This project will develop commercially viable low-cost, robust sorbents for selectively removing mercury from water. Phase I will demonstrate the feasibility of the new type of barrier technology in laboratory scale test systems using surrogate wastewater and contaminated water samples taken from a DOE site.
Proposed translations (Portuguese)
4 +3 efluente sucedâneo
Change log

Jun 13, 2012 04:18: Kevin Freyburg Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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efluente sucedâneo

Surrogate wastewater = efluente criado com características similares os efluentes naturais para fins experimentais para avaliar a eficácia de vários tratamentos.

sucedâneo = substitute, artificial
Peer comment(s):

agree Daniel Tavares : artificial
10 hrs
Obrigado Daniel
agree Elcio Gomes
20 hrs
Obrigado Elcioebel
agree Lais Leite : Não poderia ser: efluente substituto, mesmo?
1 day 10 hrs
Obrigado Lais - poderia sim, mas escolhi sucedâneo porque acho que cobre melhor o sentido do termo "surrogate"
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