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Vinony

wastewater

noun

  1. water affected by human use
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English waste Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English wastewater From waste + water.

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

    “Near-synonyms: sewage, sullage, graywater, blackwater, washwater, poop water (informal)”

    “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.”