effluent
flowing out or forth.
something that flows out or forth; outflow; effluence.
a stream flowing out of a lake, reservoir, etc.
sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant.
sewage or other liquid waste that is discharged into a body of water, etc.
Origin of effluent
1Other words from effluent
- su·per·ef·flu·ent, adjective
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How to use effluent in a sentence
During the dry season, the filtration side is filled with partially cleaned effluent from a sewage treatment plant.
Heavy rainfall would seal up the soil until effluent had nowhere to go but up onto lawns or back into homes.
It says its plan could be done for way cheaper – $80 million all in – and could capture 80 percent of the effluent before it heads to the ocean.
Morning Report: Turning Border Sewage Into Local Water | Voice of San Diego | November 20, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThis wouldn’t provide nearly as much water, but the water it would provide could still be cheaper than water we currently import from the Colorado River, and it could prevent some untreated effluent from flowing into the Pacific, Tetzlaff said.
Morning Report: Turning Border Sewage Into Local Water | Voice of San Diego | November 20, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoOnly seven percent of the world’s wastewater is fully treated to remove nitrogen, and when the urine-tinged effluent is released into water bodies it acts as a pollutant, causing algal blooms and fish die-offs.
Your pee could be the golden ticket to a greener world | Ula Chrobak | November 19, 2020 | Popular-Science
Yet overall the media absolutely adores cruise-ship stories, especially if they can be connected to effluent.
In Defense of Cruises: Ignore the Carnival Sewage Disaster | Andrew Roberts | February 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNo sludge is left, everything being turned into the harmless effluent.
Marvels of Scientific Invention | Thomas W. CorbinNamely, it is an attempt to exhibit apparent nature as an effluent from the mind because of causal nature.
The Concept of Nature | Alfred North WhiteheadThe meeting point of these two natures is the mind, the causal nature being influent and the apparent nature being effluent.
The Concept of Nature | Alfred North WhiteheadThe effluent is fit for all the varied uses of a dye works, and is stated to be perfectly capable of sustaining fish life.
The cuttle is the only animal that I know of that would cause this by the effluent current from its "syphon tube."
Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained | Henry Lee
British Dictionary definitions for effluent
/ (ˈɛflʊənt) /
liquid discharged as waste, as from an industrial plant or sewage works
radioactive waste released from a nuclear power station
a stream that flows out of another body of water
something that flows out or forth
flowing out or forth
Origin of effluent
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for effluent
[ ĕf′lōō-ənt ]
Flowing out or forth.
A stream flowing out of a body of water.
An outflow or discharge of liquid waste, as from a sewage system, factory, or nuclear plant.
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