Having undergone the process of flocculation; having formed into floccules or small fluffy masses.
Past participle of the verb 'flocculate,' describing the completed state of having gathered into flocculent masses through chemical or physical processes.
This is the state you want your water to be in at a treatment plant—all the nasties have been tricked into clumping up so they can be removed!
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