effluent
/ˈɛfluənt/
noun
- Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river, lake, or the sea.
- The treatment plant cleans the effluent before releasing it into the river.
- The factory was fined for dumping untreated effluent into the stream.
- Environmentalists tested the effluent for harmful chemicals.
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adjective
- Flowing out or forth, especially referring to waste or liquid discharge.
- They installed a filter to treat the effluent gases from the chimney.
- The effluent water from the plant was clear and safe.
- The effluent stream carried pollutants downstream.