clarifier

Example Sentences

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The clarifier is an important tank: It lets the metals settle out of the wastewater as the final stage of treatment before discharging to the public Anderson plant.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2019

Only two of the three giant blue clarifier tanks at the plant are operable, and the district is deeply in debt.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2019

Secondary wastewater clarifier tanks and sludge digesters both do their work with beneficial microorganisms.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2017

It becomes a search mechanism and a clarifier for identity.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2016

Mr. Birrell's work is not merely good reading, but is a mental clarifier and tonic.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright