effluent
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At the moment both raw sewage and treated effluent are discharged into Windermere and campaigners say that is why parts of the lake have been turning green each summer, so-called algal blooming.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The San Antonio River, famed for its dreamy riverwalk lined with restaurants, bars, and live music, is almost entirely composed of effluent.
From Slate ● May 26, 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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