wastewater
IPA: wˈeɪstwɔtɝ
noun
- Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.
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Examples of "wastewater" in Sentences
- The wastewater is treated before it is discharged into reservoirs, rivers or lakes.
- Black water is the common term for wastewater from the toilets that needs to be treated in the septic tank.
- But a growing concern over a host of other trace chemicals in wastewater has spurred interest in new technologies.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
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