wastewater
noun
waste·wa·ter
ˈwāst-ˌwȯ-tər 
-ˌwä-
: water that has been used (as in a manufacturing process) : sewage
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Mount Dora then took steps to help rectify the situation, including the installation of a $500,000 carbon biofilter in 2022 and the addition of monitors to detect hydrogen sulfide at its wastewater treatment plant in March 2023.
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James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Meanwhile, the lack of a sewage system meant wastewater was being dumped directly into the bay.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 5 May 2025
The agreement should also include ambitious targets to recover and recycle nutrients from livestock manure, wastewater, and industrial waste streams.
—Simi Thambi, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
From 2010 to 2020, for example, the agency had a $32 million annual budget to maintain two wastewater treatment plants, two international dams, two ports of entry, levees and several hundred monuments.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2025
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James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Meanwhile, the lack of a sewage system meant wastewater was being dumped directly into the bay.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 5 May 2025
The agreement should also include ambitious targets to recover and recycle nutrients from livestock manure, wastewater, and industrial waste streams.
—Simi Thambi, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
From 2010 to 2020, for example, the agency had a $32 million annual budget to maintain two wastewater treatment plants, two international dams, two ports of entry, levees and several hundred monuments.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Wastewater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wastewater. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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