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wastewater

[ weyst-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

noun

  1. water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wastewater1

1400–50; late Middle English waste watre

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Example Sentences

Most of the city’s infrastructure responsible for controlling wastewater is compromised.

The coronavirus-positive students were put in isolation, and the college decided to increase its wastewater sampling to twice a week.

The artist did his version of suminagashi with partly treated wastewater, his hands and arms protected by long gloves.

After the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, the federal government poured billions of dollars into wastewater treatment, but not always in the places that needed it most.

Utilities in other countries are cutting operation costs already by reusing gas or biosolids generated by wastewater.

The allegation concerns hydrocarbon releases from the wastewater system at the unloading facility.

A lot of older cities have sewer systems that take rainwater, sewage, and industrial wastewater in the same pipe.

Using proven wastewater recycling technology will solve this problem; Israel already recycles 85 percent of its wastewater.

Let's dispose of the most intact system first: the water and wastewater programs.

They determined that every area from aviation to roads to wastewater needed serious attention.

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