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Meanings of wastewater in English

Portuguese
águas residuais
Catalan
aigües residuals

Water mixed with waste matter.

águas residuais
Synonyms
Examples for "effluent"
Examples for "effluent"
1
And what about the ecological risks of brine effluent from desalinated water?
The South African
2
However, in most countries the effluent criterion applies to total nitrogen only.
Pubmed
3
There are normally restrictions on spraying effluent onto the land in winter.
Radio NZ
4
The rum effluent is our only abundant, inexpensive resource... our only hope.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
5
I don't want one speck of any stranger's effluent anywhere near me.
The Guardian
1
It went right through that grin like sewer water through a grate.
The gunslinger
2
The OC uses cleaned-up sewer water taken directly from treatment plants.
Wired
3
Splashes approached-heavyenough that the sewer water showered her lap.
The Assassin’s Blade
4
Dougal thought she would throw them down the passage and into the sewer water.
Guild wars: ghosts of ascalon
5
The heel splashed into a pool of black sewer water.
Feminist dot com
Usage of wastewater in English
1
We have neglected wastewater services for too long, time for positive action.
Radio NZ
2
Those include wastewater systems, energy projects and infrastructure development in rural America.
Reuters
3
The data was collected from wastewater facilities for one week every month.
Radio NZ
4
A bigger concern, he said, was the town's flooded wastewater treatment plant.
Reuters
5
Ozonation has been applied to many fields in water and wastewater treatment.
Pubmed
6
The paper presents an analysis and optimisation of a wastewater treatment benchmark.
Pubmed
7
Resistant organisms have been found in wastewater treatment plants, by the way.
Wired
8
The mining industry generates huge amounts of wastewater, containing toxic heavy metals.
Pubmed
9
Unearthing information about communities by examining their wastewater is called wastewater epidemiology.
Radio NZ
10
Mountain Pass operations came under further pressure after a 1996 wastewater spill.
Reuters
11
We're now really satisfied there's no more wastewater going into the harbour.
Radio NZ
12
The pond is one of two at the council's wastewater treatment plant.
Radio NZ
13
We are witnessing an enormous growth in biological nitrogen removal from wastewater.
Pubmed
14
This resulted in a discharge of wastewater to the nearby Victoria stream.
The Irish Times
15
The emergency wastewater valves on the Gladstone Bridge were opened at 8am.
Radio NZ
16
Ecstasy and cocaine were also detected in wastewater from all three cities.
Radio NZ
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Ireland
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United States of America
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