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leach bed

Noun:

A leach bed is a system used for the treatment of wastewater, especially the liquid waste from septic tanks. It consists of a series of trenches or beds filled with gravel or sand, through which the wastewater is distributed allowing it to percolate into the soil and be naturally filtered and treated.

Example sentence:

The leach bed effectively treats the sewage by allowing the wastewater to flow through the gravel-filled trenches, reducing harmful pathogens before reaching the groundwater.

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Verb:

To leach bed refers to the process of allowing liquid waste or other substances to percolate through a bed of porous material to extract desired components or remove impurities.

Example sentence:

The gold ore is leach bedded to separate the valuable metal from the ore by passing a solution through the crushed rocks to dissolve the gold particles.

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