anything that flows out of a pipe, smokestack, storage tank, channel, or sewer Waste reduction is the process of eliminating potential greenhouse-gas emissions or other pollutant releases before they are emitted to the atmosphere, soil, or surface waters (Source: Mintzer, 1992)
The water that flows out of a pump, filter or heater, usually on its way back to the pool or spa
Any material that flows outward from something (i e waste water from hydroelectric plants and water discharged into streams from waste disposal sites) (Botkin & Keller, 1989)
(1) Something that flows out or forth, especially a stream flowing out of a body of water (2) (Water Quality) Discharged wastewater such as the treated wastes from municipal sewage plants, brine wastewater from desalting operations, and coolant waters from a nuclear power plant
Effluent is the liquid discharge or waste products of the papermaking process, usually including a small amount of suspend solids and dissolved chemicals Effluent is usually discharged into rivers, since most modern mills now have their own waste water treatment systems as part of the recycling and end-process of their papermaking If mills do not have their own treatment plants, effluent is usually discharged to a municipal water treatment facility
Wastewater, treated or untreated, that flows out of a treatment plant, sewer, or industrial outfall Generally refers to wastes discharged into surface waters
Wastewater, treated or untreated, that flows out of a treatment plant, sewer, or industrial outfall
A waste product that is discharged to the environment, usually used to mean treated wastewater discharged from wastewater treatment plants
Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste
One of four qualities -- sensuality, views, becoming, and ignorance -- that "flow out" of the mind and create the flood of the round of death and rebirth
Waste, usually liquid, released or discharged to the environment Generally the term refers to point source discharges of sewage or contaminated wastewaters into surface waters
Any liquid flowing out of the ground or from an enclosure to the surface flow network, typically the liquids discharged from domestic, industrial and municipal waste collection systems or treatment facilities