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effluent

[ef-loo-uhnt] / ˈɛf lu ənt /




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As effluent becomes higher and higher in quality, the challenge will become deciding who gets to use it.

From Slate May 26, 2025

But many questions remain: Where would the effluent from a PCH sewer be treated?

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 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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