effluent

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The cleaned effluent, which is cleaned liquid, which is what sewage becomes, is discharged into a waterway or the nearest lake or river.

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  1. adjective Flowing out or forth.
  2. noun Something that flows out or forth, especially:
  3. noun A stream flowing out of a body of water.
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  • The stink and effluent, the shortage of good air, the bodies— components —that failed during shifts and had to be swiftly hoisted out, disposed of and replaced without loss of the rhythm, were all mere technicalities; the equivalents of how a drainage engineer might discuss rates of inundation and flow. —  Asimov'sSF,June2008
  • I was certain that I smelled human effluent, and worse. —  Asimov'sSF,June2008
  • Senator Milne said she feared a scenario near the next election where unemployment and flagging investment caused by the global financial crisis would propel a late push by Gunns for public funds to address the effluent issues. —  National Nine News
  • Harkin says one hog produces as much "effluent," to be polite, as eight people.
  • Chemical contaminants in water expert Dr Stuart Khan said Canberra effluent was treated then released back in to the Murrumbidgee. —  The Canberra Times
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  1. Middle English, from Latin effluēns, effluent-, present participle of effluere, to flow out : ex-, ex- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French effluent, = Spanish efluente = Portuguese effluente, from Latin effluen(t-)s, present participle of effluere, flow out, from ex, out, + fluere, flow: see fluent. Cf. affluent, influent, refluent, etc.
 

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