Water and Wastewater Terms Beginning P

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POTW (publicly owned treatment works)

Devices and systems used to store, treat, recycle, or reclaim municipal wastewater or industrial liquid wastes that are owned by a state, municipality, special district, or other publicly owned and financed entity. Collection systems, pipes, and other conveyances are considered part of treatment works only if they carry wastewater to a POTW facility. Also, municipalities with jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and from POTWs.