wastewater
water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.
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How to use wastewater in a sentence
Most of the city’s infrastructure responsible for controlling wastewater is compromised.
San Diego’s Climate Challenges Will Still Be Here in 2021 – and Beyond | MacKenzie Elmer | January 1, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThe coronavirus-positive students were put in isolation, and the college decided to increase its wastewater sampling to twice a week.
Flushing out the coronavirus: Universities, cities and states are testing wastewater for the virus | Ovetta Wiggins | December 25, 2020 | Washington PostThe artist did his version of suminagashi with partly treated wastewater, his hands and arms protected by long gloves.
In the galleries: Up to his elbows in watery works and lustrous prints | Mark Jenkins | December 18, 2020 | Washington PostAfter the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, the federal government poured billions of dollars into wastewater treatment, but not always in the places that needed it most.
Utilities in other countries are cutting operation costs already by reusing gas or biosolids generated by wastewater.
Two Companies See a Golden Opportunity in the Tijuana River’s Brown Waters | MacKenzie Elmer | November 20, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
The allegation concerns hydrocarbon releases from the wastewater system at the unloading facility.
A lot of older cities have sewer systems that take rainwater, sewage, and industrial wastewater in the same pipe.
Surfing Is Less Mystical and More High Tech Says a New Book | Josh Dzieza | August 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTUsing proven wastewater recycling technology will solve this problem; Israel already recycles 85 percent of its wastewater.
Let's dispose of the most intact system first: the water and wastewater programs.
How Long Until New York Gets Back Up and Running? | Megan McArdle | October 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey determined that every area from aviation to roads to wastewater needed serious attention.
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