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wastewater

/weyst-waw-ter, -wot-er/US // ˈweɪstˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər //

废水,废料,污水,污水处理

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : water that has been used in washing, flushing, manufacturing, etc.; sewage.

Examples

  • Most of the city’s infrastructure responsible for controlling wastewater is compromised.

  • The coronavirus-positive students were put in isolation, and the college decided to increase its wastewater sampling to twice a week.

  • The artist did his version of suminagashi with partly treated wastewater, his hands and arms protected by long gloves.

  • After the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, the federal government poured billions of dollars into wastewater treatment, but not always in the places that needed it most.

  • Utilities in other countries are cutting operation costs already by reusing gas or biosolids generated by wastewater.

  • The allegation concerns hydrocarbon releases from the wastewater system at the unloading facility.

  • A lot of older cities have sewer systems that take rainwater, sewage, and industrial wastewater in the same pipe.

  • Using proven wastewater recycling technology will solve this problem; Israel already recycles 85 percent of its wastewater.

  • Let's dispose of the most intact system first: the water and wastewater programs.

  • They determined that every area from aviation to roads to wastewater needed serious attention.