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effluent

[ef-loo-uhnt] / ˈɛf lu ənt /




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But we might run low on other water, which will make effluent increasingly important—and in demand—in times of scarcity.

From Slate • May 26, 2025

Other treated effluent is discharged into rivers or the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

In 1994, she successfully advocated for “zero discharge” agreements from Formosa and the aluminum manufacturer Alcoa to stop liquid effluent pollution.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024

The new study is unusual in that it calculated the mass of microplastics in landfill leachate and wastewater influent and effluent.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

His invention, it turned out, could also cleanse noxious vapors and particulates from smelter effluent, coal particles from mine air, and much more.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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