| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Evaporation ponds | Administration | 1: Areas where sewage sludge is dumped and allowed to dry out. (references) | |
| 2: (Water Quality) Shallow ponds in which sewage sludge is placed to dry and then be removed for further treatment and/or disposal. Also, shallow ponds used to extract through evaporation various chemicals in solution or suspension, e.g., salt evaporation ponds. Also see Evaporites. (references) | |||
| Evaporation ponds | Economics | In regions where evaporation exceeds rainfall, evaporation ponds may be used to dry livestock manure. The pond should be large enough to hold all the manure during the wet season, plus runoff from the any storms expected over the storage time. (references) | |
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