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Recent Examples of effluent
But many questions remain: Where would the effluent from a PCH sewer be treated?
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
According to the World Bank, toxic effluents from dyes and finishing agents contain carcinogens and heavy metals such as chromium, cadmium, lead, arsenic and mercury, contaminating drinking water sources, destroying aquatic ecosystems, and poisoning farmland.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Yet to hear it from a veteran of San Diego’s congressional delegation, the biggest news of late is the final approval of an additional $250 million in federal funding to repair and upgrade the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Ysidro, which cleans up Tijuana’s effluent.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
And each time, those on the far right contributed more garbage to the information effluent.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
According to the World Bank, toxic effluents from dyes and finishing agents contain carcinogens and heavy metals such as chromium, cadmium, lead, arsenic and mercury, contaminating drinking water sources, destroying aquatic ecosystems, and poisoning farmland.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Yet to hear it from a veteran of San Diego’s congressional delegation, the biggest news of late is the final approval of an additional $250 million in federal funding to repair and upgrade the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Ysidro, which cleans up Tijuana’s effluent.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
And each time, those on the far right contributed more garbage to the information effluent.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effluent
distributary
Noun
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To the left another plume is coming from the Atchafalaya River, a distributary of the Mississippi.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
30 July 2013
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By the 1950s, scientists noticed the consequences: more water was going down the Atchafalaya River, a distributary of the Mississippi.—
Boyce Upholt,
Time,
9 May 2019
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“Effluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effluent. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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