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- noun Water that has been used, as for washing, flushing, or in a manufacturing process, and so contains waste products; sewage.
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- noun Any
water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now containswaste products.
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- noun water mixed with waste matter
Etymologies
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Examples
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After several groups filed a formal protest this summer, the company behind the project - Arizona-based Tessera Solar - made several concessions, including promising to set aside 6,000 acres for the two species and to use wastewater from a nearby water-treatment plant for its operations.
First solar-power projects on public land get Interior Department approval Juliet Eilperin 2010
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But a growing concern over a host of other trace chemicals in wastewater has spurred interest in new technologies.
High-Tech Cures for Water Shortages Michael Totty 2010
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Detection of significant toxic releases in wastewater prompted a proposal to bring coal ash management under the national law that regulates solid waste, the Resource Conservation and Recover Act (RCRA).
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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Detection of significant toxic releases in wastewater prompted a proposal to bring coal ash management under the national law that regulates solid waste, the Resource Conservation and Recover Act (RCRA).
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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Detection of significant toxic releases in wastewater prompted a proposal to bring coal ash management under the national law that regulates solid waste, the Resource Conservation and Recover Act (RCRA).
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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The revamped golf course (the first nine holes are scheduled to reopen in April 2008, and the next nine within 12 months) uses recycled wastewater from the town of Loreto in its state-of-the-art watering system.
Loreto Bay: The greenest place in Baja, and quite possibly in all of Mexico! 2008
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Black water is the common term for wastewater from the toilets that needs to be treated in the septic tank.
Septic systems 2008
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The wastewater is treated before it is discharged into reservoirs, rivers or lakes.
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Black water is the common term for wastewater from the toilets that needs to be treated in the septic tank.
Septic systems 2008
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The revamped golf course (the first nine holes are scheduled to reopen in April 2008, and the next nine within 12 months) uses recycled wastewater from the town of Loreto in its state-of-the-art watering system.
Loreto Bay: The greenest place in Baja, and quite possibly in all of Mexico! 2008
bilby commented on the word wastewater
"This morning as I was cycling with my son along the towpath, I noticed a poster nailed to a tree. The poster was a Resource Consent Application notification. The application was to allow the city council to continue dumping 'groundwater, wastewater and stormwater' into the Avon and Heathcote rivers (the two rivers than run through Christchurch city) for the next 25 years.
Well, I know about groundwater and stormwater -- fair enough. But what about wastewater? Surely this wasn't some sort of euphemism for sewage?
I phoned the council.
Me: So what exactly do you mean when you say wastewater?
Helpful Council Person: (Proceeds to read out a list of possible constituent chemicals and their average percentages).
Me: So when I flush the toilet, does that end up as wastewater?
Helpful Council Person: Er... yes.
Me: And is it treated in any way?
Helpful Council Person: Er... no.
Me: So the council are seeking a resource consent to dump raw sewage in the Avon River?
Helpful Council Person: Yes -- but only for the next 25 years."
- David Haywood, Can We Dump Raw Shit Into Your River for the Next 25 Years?, publicaddress.net, 27 March 2009.
March 29, 2009
mollusque commented on the word wastewater
Those sly wastrels.
March 29, 2009