wastewater
noun
waste·wa·ter
ˈwāst-ˌwȯ-tər 
-ˌwä-
: water that has been used (as in a manufacturing process) : sewage
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In their study, researchers examined a large wastewater plume at the mouth of the Tijuana River, south of Imperial Beach near San Diego, using NASA's EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) instrument.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Santora said that testing of Marin County wastewater indicates that the presence of COVID-19 in the county is currently low.
—Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Expanding wastewater reuse operations regionwide could go a long way toward easing that pressure, said UCLA water researcher Noah Garrison.
—David Condos, NPR, 9 June 2025
The measles virus was recently detected in wastewater samples collected by the Sacramento Area Sewer District.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Santora said that testing of Marin County wastewater indicates that the presence of COVID-19 in the county is currently low.
—Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Expanding wastewater reuse operations regionwide could go a long way toward easing that pressure, said UCLA water researcher Noah Garrison.
—David Condos, NPR, 9 June 2025
The measles virus was recently detected in wastewater samples collected by the Sacramento Area Sewer District.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
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“Wastewater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wastewater. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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