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wastewater in Dutch

wastewater in Dutch is afvalwater — wastewater means water that people have already used at home or in industry, and that now contains waste.

wastewater in Dutch

afvalwater
noun
Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.

What does "wastewater" mean?

  1. noun Water that people have already used at home or in industry, and that now contains waste.
    "The commission's recommendations would require the removal of toxins and heavy metals from wastewaters that now run into regional rivers and New York Harbor untreated, and collect at their bottom."
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wastewater in a sentence

  • The commission's recommendations would require the removal of toxins and heavy metals from wastewaters that now run into regional rivers and New York Harbor untreated, and collect at their bottom.
  • As the zoogleal slime reenters the wastewater, excess solids and waste products are stripped off the media as sloughings. These sloughings are transported with the wastewater flow to a settling tank for removal.

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What is "wastewater" in Dutch?
"wastewater" in Dutch is afvalwater. wastewater means: Water that people have already used at home or in industry, and that now contains waste.
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