Effluent
noun
Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea.
The factory discharges its effluent into the nearby river.
Often appears as...
- effluent water
- effluent discharge
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Technical
adjective
Flowing out or forth.
The effluent stream from the wastewater treatment plant.
Often appears as...
- effluent current
- effluent flow
noun
Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea.
The factory discharges its effluent into the nearby river.
Often appears as...
- effluent water
- effluent discharge
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Flowing out or forth.
The effluent stream from the wastewater treatment plant.
Often appears as...
- effluent current
- effluent flow
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Impact
Understand that 'effluent' often implies negative environmental effects, especially pollution.
Environmentalists are concerned about the effluent contaminating the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Context
Recognize that 'effluent' frequently appears in discussions about industrial activities and regulations.
The new regulations limit the amount of effluent that factories can produce.
Pro Tip 3/3Treatment Processes
'Effluent' is commonly used to refer to the output of sewage and water treatment processes.
The sewage plant's effluent must meet cleanliness standards before release.
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Impact
Understand that 'effluent' often implies negative environmental effects, especially pollution.
Environmentalists are concerned about the effluent contaminating the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Context
Recognize that 'effluent' frequently appears in discussions about industrial activities and regulations.
The new regulations limit the amount of effluent that factories can produce.
Pro Tip 3/3Treatment Processes
'Effluent' is commonly used to refer to the output of sewage and water treatment processes.
The sewage plant's effluent must meet cleanliness standards before release.
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Impact
Understand that 'effluent' often implies negative environmental effects, especially pollution.
Environmentalists are concerned about the effluent contaminating the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Context
Recognize that 'effluent' frequently appears in discussions about industrial activities and regulations.
The new regulations limit the amount of effluent that factories can produce.
Pro Tip 3/3Treatment Processes
'Effluent' is commonly used to refer to the output of sewage and water treatment processes.
The sewage plant's effluent must meet cleanliness standards before release.
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Video examples
The case for fish...
We can now farm far more species than ever before in controlled, natural conditions, creating happy fish. I imagine, for example, a closed system that's performing more efficiently than insect farming, where you can produce healthy, happy, delicious fish with little or no effluent,
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Design for people, not...
effluents heart disease infertility so turns out that designed for outcomes in one aspect really means thinking about design for manufacture and distribution okay that was an important lesson second we took that lesson and tried to push it into our next project so we started by
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Where Does Your Sewage...
still remain can be by degraded and pumping air from below at very high pressures causes the sewage to be saturated with dissolved oxygen and this accelerates the biological breakdown is brilliant finally the treated effluent is tested
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Toxic Waste in the...
Ganges will be gonna go meet each other Rakesh showed me a channel he said was carrying tannery effluent directly into the river
Video examples
The case for fish...
We can now farm far more species than ever before in controlled, natural conditions, creating happy fish. I imagine, for example, a closed system that's performing more efficiently than insect farming, where you can produce healthy, happy, delicious fish with little or no effluent,
Video examples
Design for people, not...
effluents heart disease infertility so turns out that designed for outcomes in one aspect really means thinking about design for manufacture and distribution okay that was an important lesson second we took that lesson and tried to push it into our next project so we started by
Video examples
Where Does Your Sewage...
still remain can be by degraded and pumping air from below at very high pressures causes the sewage to be saturated with dissolved oxygen and this accelerates the biological breakdown is brilliant finally the treated effluent is tested
Video examples
Toxic Waste in the...
Ganges will be gonna go meet each other Rakesh showed me a channel he said was carrying tannery effluent directly into the river
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Randy Wayne White
American Writer
It is a fact that scientists have deposited dye in certain lakes around Orlando and tracked the effluent to Florida Bay. There is a lake near Everglades City, Deep Lake, and large tarpon show up in that lake, 30 miles from the sea.
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Tom Kite
American Athlete
It's a piece of property that, if you're going to have a development out here, you need to have a golf course because you need to take care of the effluent water being created by the development.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
American Politician
Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.
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William Hamilton
Scottish Politician
I simply can't believe nice communities release effluents.
Quote examples
Randy Wayne White
American Writer
It is a fact that scientists have deposited dye in certain lakes around Orlando and tracked the effluent to Florida Bay. There is a lake near Everglades City, Deep Lake, and large tarpon show up in that lake, 30 miles from the sea.
Quote examples
Tom Kite
American Athlete
It's a piece of property that, if you're going to have a development out here, you need to have a golf course because you need to take care of the effluent water being created by the development.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
American Politician
Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.
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William Hamilton
Scottish Politician
I simply can't believe nice communities release effluents.
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