Water and Wastewater Terms Beginning D

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dead-end filtration

A type of membrane filtration where the water being filtered flows through the membrane perpendicular to the membrane surface, with solids accumulating on the retenate side. These solids are removed during backwash, which means that no wastestream exits the system. Also see cross-flow filtration.