gray water
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gray water
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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For 19 days, we hauled potable drinking water from distribution sites, collected gray water and creek water for flushing, and carefully rationed every drop.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024
If dumping gray water is occasional - like washing a car or wastewater by hunters and anglers - it poses very little risk, experts said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
If dumping gray water is occasional — like washing a car or wastewater by hunters and anglers — it poses very little risk, experts said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
Commercially available filters, like the PlanetCare, Lint LUV-R and Filtrol, strain the gray water through ultra-fine mesh before flushing it into the world.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2023
Small pleasureboats half sunken in the gray water.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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