Package: DisposalWasteManagementFacilities
Parent: Cultural
Relevant types:
Name | Type | Definition | Description |
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AerationBasin_P | Feature Type | A basin, usually artificial, in which air is mixed with partially treated wastewater. | The water is treated with microorganisms to consume organic materials and convert suspended solids to settleable solids that are later collected by a settling pond and removed as sludge. |
AerationBasin_S | Feature Type | A basin, usually artificial, in which air is mixed with partially treated wastewater. | The water is treated with microorganisms to consume organic materials and convert suspended solids to settleable solids that are later collected by a settling pond and removed as sludge. |
DisposalSite_P | Feature Type | A prepared or reserved site on land for the collection and/or deposition of waste, refuse or discarded material. | - |
DisposalSite_S | Feature Type | A prepared or reserved site on land for the collection and/or deposition of waste, refuse or discarded material. | - |
FlarePipe_P | Feature Type | An open-ended pipe at which waste gases are burned. | - |
FlarePipe_S | Feature Type | An open-ended pipe at which waste gases are burned. | - |
RecyclingSite_P | Feature Type | A site engaged in the wrecking, dismantling, storage, recycling, and/or disposal of discarded or scrap products. | For example, a wrecking yard or a scrap yard. |
RecyclingSite_S | Feature Type | A site engaged in the wrecking, dismantling, storage, recycling, and/or disposal of discarded or scrap products. | For example, a wrecking yard or a scrap yard. |
WasteHeap_S | Feature Type | An area where heaped material (for example: waste or spoil) is deposited. | Waste heaps may be located at disposal sites or in unsanctioned and unprepared locations where illegal dumping takes place. Illegal dumping sites are usually composed of materials produced in the immediately surrounding area; for example, in a residential neighborhood their content would principally be household trash. Illegal dumping sites have no associated structures or facilities. |