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Definition
Liquid waste flowing out of a factory, farm, commercial establishment, or a household into a water body such as a river, lake, or lagoon, or a sewer system or reservoir. Waste discharged into air is called emission.
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effluent is in the Environment & Pollution Control subject.
effluent appears in the definitions of the following terms: environmental guidelines, best available technology (BAT), environmental risk, garbage, best practicable environmental option (BPEO), carbon absorption and technology based standards
effluent appears in these other terms: effluent standard, trade effluent, effluent limitation
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