wastewater
[weyst-waw-ter, -wot-er]
- water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.
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Origin of wastewater
1400–50; late Middle English waste watre
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Have you ever heard 'em talking of barrage and aprons and waste-water?
The Day's Work, Volume 1Rudyard Kipling
Word Origin and History for waste-water
wastewater
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