Wastewater
noun
Water that has been used and is now dirty or polluted.
Treatment of wastewater from households and industries is important to prevent pollution of our rivers.
Often appears as...
- wastewater treatment
- wastewater disposal
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Water that has been used and is now dirty or polluted.
Treatment of wastewater from households and industries is important to prevent pollution of our rivers.
Often appears as...
- wastewater treatment
- wastewater disposal
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Wastewater almost always has a negative context because it's undesirable and implies pollution.
Activists raised concerns about the company releasing wastewater into the ocean.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial and Domestic
Wastewater can come from both factories and homes, meaning it's not just from one source.
The city's wastewater consists of runoff from households and industrial waste.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Impact
The term often includes an implicit concern for environmental health and safety.
Proper wastewater treatment is vital for protecting marine life.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Wastewater almost always has a negative context because it's undesirable and implies pollution.
Activists raised concerns about the company releasing wastewater into the ocean.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial and Domestic
Wastewater can come from both factories and homes, meaning it's not just from one source.
The city's wastewater consists of runoff from households and industrial waste.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Impact
The term often includes an implicit concern for environmental health and safety.
Proper wastewater treatment is vital for protecting marine life.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Wastewater almost always has a negative context because it's undesirable and implies pollution.
Activists raised concerns about the company releasing wastewater into the ocean.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial and Domestic
Wastewater can come from both factories and homes, meaning it's not just from one source.
The city's wastewater consists of runoff from households and industrial waste.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Impact
The term often includes an implicit concern for environmental health and safety.
Proper wastewater treatment is vital for protecting marine life.
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6 space technologies we...
Here's one of my favorites. It's a water filtration system, and a key component of it is based on the technology to filter wastewater on the space station. It's now being used around the world. Space is also an infinite source of inspiration, through education, through research and astronomy
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4 ways we can avoid a...
of wastewater through the two-stage advanced treatment process I was telling you about. That's enough water to be the supply of about a million people if it were their sole water supply. The third tap that we need to open up will not be a tap at all, it will be a kind of virtual tap,
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Energy from floating...
already and it releases its wastewater offshore so different cities around the world treat their wastewater differently some cities process it some cities just release the water but in all cases the water this released is perfectly out of for growing microalgae so let's envision
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
sewage plant i absolutely would not believe you you know the technology is really um very advanced uh we clean the water to very high standards and then of course mother nature does her bit basically you can think of a wastewater treatment plant as a big iron stomach it
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Rose George: Let's talk...
wonderful Victorian engineers installed systems of sewers and wastewater treatment and the flush toilet, and disease dropped dramatically. Child mortality dropped by the most it had ever dropped in history. The flush toilet was voted the best medical advance
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Francis de los Reyes:...
Not that I'm a bad teacher, but I've been studying and teaching about human waste and how waste is conveyed through these wastewater treatment plants, and how we engineer and design these treatment plants so that we can protect surface water like rivers.
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David Kelley: The future...
as well as wastewater. So this building actually celebrates the water as it comes out of the recycling plant and goes into the reed bed so that it can be filtered for the final time. The pavilion's design goal was to be kind of quiet and peaceful.
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Toxic Waste in the...
Technology found that even after supposedly being treated the wastewater from the tannery still contains dangerously high levels of poisonous chemicals such as arsenic and Mercury apparently the water here comes out of
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12 sustainable design...
We use bacteria to clean our water. And we said, well, that's not exactly being inspired by nature. That's bioprocessing, you know; that's bio-assisted using an organism to do your wastewater treatment
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Sewer Power PIPE National...
oxygenated microbes have devoured all the remaining organic material in the wastewater thanks to diligence and innovation one of the largest sewer systems in the world is staying ahead of
Video examples
6 space technologies we...
Here's one of my favorites. It's a water filtration system, and a key component of it is based on the technology to filter wastewater on the space station. It's now being used around the world. Space is also an infinite source of inspiration, through education, through research and astronomy
Video examples
4 ways we can avoid a...
of wastewater through the two-stage advanced treatment process I was telling you about. That's enough water to be the supply of about a million people if it were their sole water supply. The third tap that we need to open up will not be a tap at all, it will be a kind of virtual tap,
Video examples
Energy from floating...
already and it releases its wastewater offshore so different cities around the world treat their wastewater differently some cities process it some cities just release the water but in all cases the water this released is perfectly out of for growing microalgae so let's envision
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
sewage plant i absolutely would not believe you you know the technology is really um very advanced uh we clean the water to very high standards and then of course mother nature does her bit basically you can think of a wastewater treatment plant as a big iron stomach it
Video examples
Rose George: Let's talk...
wonderful Victorian engineers installed systems of sewers and wastewater treatment and the flush toilet, and disease dropped dramatically. Child mortality dropped by the most it had ever dropped in history. The flush toilet was voted the best medical advance
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Francis de los Reyes:...
Not that I'm a bad teacher, but I've been studying and teaching about human waste and how waste is conveyed through these wastewater treatment plants, and how we engineer and design these treatment plants so that we can protect surface water like rivers.
Video examples
David Kelley: The future...
as well as wastewater. So this building actually celebrates the water as it comes out of the recycling plant and goes into the reed bed so that it can be filtered for the final time. The pavilion's design goal was to be kind of quiet and peaceful.
Video examples
Toxic Waste in the...
Technology found that even after supposedly being treated the wastewater from the tannery still contains dangerously high levels of poisonous chemicals such as arsenic and Mercury apparently the water here comes out of
Video examples
12 sustainable design...
We use bacteria to clean our water. And we said, well, that's not exactly being inspired by nature. That's bioprocessing, you know; that's bio-assisted using an organism to do your wastewater treatment
Video examples
Sewer Power PIPE National...
oxygenated microbes have devoured all the remaining organic material in the wastewater thanks to diligence and innovation one of the largest sewer systems in the world is staying ahead of
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Michael Bennet
American Politician
I say we have not even had the decency to maintain the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us - our roads, our bridges, our wastewater systems, our sewer systems; by the way, those weren't Bolsheviks, those weren't socialists that built those things for us - much less build the infrastructure we need for the 21st century.
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Ma Jun
Chinese Environmentalist
Of course, as consumers, we want cheap and good products; however, if these production processes are exceeding wastewater discharge standards and even causing heavy metal pollution, they will cause long-lasting damage to the ecological environment and public health.
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Rose George
British Journalist
We are wasting our water mostly by putting waste into it. One cubic meter of wastewater can pollute ten cubic meters of water. Discharging wastewater into oceans turns freshwater into the less useful salty stuff, and desalination is expensive.
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David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
Hydraulic fracturing requires massive amounts of water. Disposing of the toxic wastewater, as well as accidental spills, can contaminate drinking water and harm human health.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith
American Politician
Upgrading and replacing deficient wastewater systems will help improve service to customers and protect the Gulf, both of which are important for future growth on the coast.
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Charles Duhigg
American Journalist
Barium, which is commonly found in power plant waste and scrubber wastewater, has been linked to heart problems and diseases in other organs.
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Jeff Miller
American Politician
I, in fact, have been involved in the construction of and the management of wastewater treatment plants.
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Michael Bennet
American Politician
I say we have not even had the decency to maintain the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us - our roads, our bridges, our wastewater systems, our sewer systems; by the way, those weren't Bolsheviks, those weren't socialists that built those things for us - much less build the infrastructure we need for the 21st century.
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Ma Jun
Chinese Environmentalist
Of course, as consumers, we want cheap and good products; however, if these production processes are exceeding wastewater discharge standards and even causing heavy metal pollution, they will cause long-lasting damage to the ecological environment and public health.
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Rose George
British Journalist
We are wasting our water mostly by putting waste into it. One cubic meter of wastewater can pollute ten cubic meters of water. Discharging wastewater into oceans turns freshwater into the less useful salty stuff, and desalination is expensive.
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David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
Hydraulic fracturing requires massive amounts of water. Disposing of the toxic wastewater, as well as accidental spills, can contaminate drinking water and harm human health.
Quote examples
Cindy Hyde-Smith
American Politician
Upgrading and replacing deficient wastewater systems will help improve service to customers and protect the Gulf, both of which are important for future growth on the coast.
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Charles Duhigg
American Journalist
Barium, which is commonly found in power plant waste and scrubber wastewater, has been linked to heart problems and diseases in other organs.
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Jeff Miller
American Politician
I, in fact, have been involved in the construction of and the management of wastewater treatment plants.
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