wastewater
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wastewater
1400–50; late Middle English waste watre
Example Sentences
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The lough has been blighted by potentially toxic blue-green algal blooms since 2023, due to pollution primarily from agriculture and wastewater.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
This advantage is especially important as India's wastewater treatment market continues to grow.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
Some of Amazon’s data centers use treated wastewater rather than drinking water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
In Memphis, xAI had said it would build a water recycling plant that can reuse wastewater, instead of relying on the region’s aquifer, which provides drinking water for residents.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Although a decontamination process could remove some of the radioactive isotopes from the water, it couldn’t clean all of it, so most of the wastewater was stored in tanks.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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