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effluent
[ef′lo̅o̅·ənt]
a liquid, solid, or gaseous emission, such as the discharge or outflow from a machine or an industrial process.

effluent
waste from an abattoir carried away in liquid form. Disposal is a major problem because of the need to avoid pollution of waterways. See aerobic effluent treatment, anaerobic effluent treatment.


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More than 200 species of birds have been documented in the waters and among the reeds and grasses of Piute Ponds, which were created by a dike made in 1961 and are kept full by treated effluent released from Lancaster's sewage treatment plant.
The crumb rubber media compress as headloss increases, allowing for better effluent quality late in the run, allow greater depth filtration, can be used at high filter rates greater than 20 gpm/ft.
river receiving unbleached kraft and recycled pulp mill effluent (Pearl River at Bogalusa, LA).
 
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