WASTEWATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wastewater mean? 

• WASTEWATER (noun)
  The noun WASTEWATER has 1 sense:

1. water mixed with waste matter

  Familiarity information: WASTEWATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WASTEWATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water mixed with waste matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

effluent; sewer water; wastewater

Hypernyms ("wastewater" is a kind of...):

waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)

Holonyms ("wastewater" is a substance of...):

sewage; sewerage (waste matter carried away in sewers or drains)

 Context examples 

The technology could work wherever fresh and saltwater mix, but coastal wastewater treatment plants offer particular potential since they are located near saltwater environments.

(Researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater, National Science Foundation)

Entities that treat wastewater and drinking water, plus companies that create and service technologies for removal of contaminants from water could greatly benefit from this technology.

(Using a smartphone to detect norovirus, National Science Foundation)

A scientific breakthrough has taken an emerging biotechnology a step closer to being used to treat wastewater in the developing world.

(Electricity from Sewage: Process Also Kills Germs, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Wastewater from residential areas has similar or even higher levels of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes compared to hospitals, where you would expect greater antibiotic concentrations, he said.

(Toothpaste and Hand Wash Are Causing Antibiotic Resistance, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Nickel carbonate is used in electroplating, to prepare nickel monoxide, to make colored glass and as a catalyst in the treatment of wastewater.

(Nickel Carbonate, NCI Thesaurus)

World population growth and lifestyle are the main causes of the increase in the volume of wastewater.

(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)

Inventions that render the facilities more water-efficient, they reason, could have a profound impact on wastewater management, sustainable water use, and sanitation, possibly cutting the amount of water used to flush waste by, reportedly, a factor of two.

(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)

Wastewater treatment is energy-intensive, accounting for about 3% of the total U.S. electrical load.

(Researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater, National Science Foundation)

Experts have shown that a special process they have developed in which wastewater flows through a series of cells filled with electroactive microbes can be used to attack and destroy a pathogen — the potentially deadly Salmonella.

(Electricity from Sewage: Process Also Kills Germs, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Research Group RNM-271 of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Córdoba, in conjunction with Research Group RNM-270 of the University of Granada, has successfully validated a new technology that transforms wastewater sludge more efficiently.

(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)