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effluent

[ef-loo-uhnt] / ˈɛf lu ənt /




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These would use treated effluent to supply the volumes of water needed and minimise energy use.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

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

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

The effluent glacier seems to run on a long curve westerly up to the Gobrin plateau.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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