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effluent

Definition:
The waste liquid from domestic sewage, industrial sites or from agricultural processes. Effluents are harmful when they enter the environment, especially in freshwater, because of their polluting chemical composition. (Source: WRIGHT)
broader terms
pollutant
narrower terms
agricultural effluent
  industrial effluent
  waste treatment effluent
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
WASTES, POLLUTANTS, POLLUTION
Themes:
pollution
water
Other relations:
Has exact match
EuroVoc: waste
Wikipedia article
Effluent
Arabic: الفيض- الفائض السائل
Basque: ur-efluente
Bulgarian: Отпадна течност
Catalan: efluent
Chinese: 污水
Croatian: otpadne vode
Czech: splašky
Danish: afløb
Dutch: effluent
English (US): effluent
Estonian: heitvesi
Finnish: jätevesi
French: effluent
German: Ausfluß
Greek: βραχίονας ποταμού
Hungarian: kiömlés
Irish: eisilteach
Italian: effluente
Latvian: notekūdeņi
Lithuanian: nutekamieji vandenys
Maltese: skart likwidu
Norwegian: avløp (VA-teknikk)
Polish: ścieki
Portuguese: efluentes
Romanian: efluent
Russian: сточная вода
Slovak: stoka
Slovenian: odplaka
Spanish: efluentes
Swedish: utjäst slam
Turkish: atık su, lağım suyu
Ukrainian: стічна вода
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2571>