partially treated effluent

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• effluent — 1. adjective Flowing out; outflowing. 2. noun a) A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence. b) Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a …   Wiktionary

• effluent —    1. The discharge of water or other fluids from a spring.    2. A waste liquid discharge from a manufacturing or treatment process, in its natural state or partially or completely treated, that discharges into the environment [6] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Onsite sewage facility — On Site Sewage Facilities (OSSF) are wastewater systems designed to treat and dispose of effluent on the same property that produces the wastewater. A septic tank and drainfield combination is the oldest and most common type of OSSF, although… …   Wikipedia

• Mound system — A mound system is an alternative to the traditional rural septic system leach field. The mound system is an engineered leaching field used in areas where septic systems are more prone to failure due to having extremely slow or extremely fast… …   Wikipedia

• Water pollution — Raw sewage and industrial waste flows across international borders New River passes from Mexicali to Calexico, California. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water p …   Wikipedia

• Marine outfall — A marine outfall is a pipeline or tunnel that discharges municipal or industrial wastewater, stormwater, combined sewer overflows, cooling water, or brine effluents from water desalination plants to the sea. Usually they discharge under the sea s …   Wikipedia

• New River (Mexico-United States) — Infobox River | river name = New River caption = Map of the New River (left) Watershed; Alamo River on the right. origin = mouth = Salton Sea basin countries = United States, Mexico length = 125 km (81 mi) elevation = discharge = 18 m³/s (600… …   Wikipedia

• New River (Mexico — Rio Nuevo redirects here. For other uses, see Rio Nuevo (disambiguation). New River Rio Nuevo Map of the New River (left) Watershed; Alamo River on the right. Origin near Cerro Prieto …   Wikipedia

• Septage — The partially treated waste store in a septic tank is called Septage. It generally consists of all the household wastes that are disposed of through a homes plumbing system that do not drain out into the soil or are converted to gases by the… …   Wikipedia

• environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction       infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …   Universalium

• environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …   Universalium