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Settling pond


Definition:

A natural or engineered facility for disposing of fine-grained waste, normally tailings, along with varying amounts of free water, resulting from the treatment of mineral resources and from the clearing and recycling of process water.


Source:
  • Act of 14 December 2012 on waste
    Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2023 r. poz. 1587, z późn. zm.)

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GUS – Departament Rolnictwa i Środowiska
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