wastewater
noun
waste·wa·ter
ˈwāst-ˌwȯ-tər 
-ˌwä-
: water that has been used (as in a manufacturing process) : sewage
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Wolfe agreed that there is still a lot the field of wastewater epidemiology has to learn about how to interpret the kind of H5-specific data that WastewaterSCAN will soon be collecting.
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Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 May 2024
But it’s been difficult to correlate symptoms of bacterial illness with nearby wastewater releases.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
According to the study, almost all the PFAS that wind up in Lake Superior come from the atmosphere compared to wastewater treatment plants and tributaries that drain into the largest Great Lake.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2024
One team from Emory University and Stanford University looked at 190 wastewater treatment sites in 41 states.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 May 2024
But it’s been difficult to correlate symptoms of bacterial illness with nearby wastewater releases.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
According to the study, almost all the PFAS that wind up in Lake Superior come from the atmosphere compared to wastewater treatment plants and tributaries that drain into the largest Great Lake.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2024
One team from Emory University and Stanford University looked at 190 wastewater treatment sites in 41 states.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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“Wastewater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wastewater. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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