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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
During the monsoon, the channel will be reserved for floodwaters, and the effluent will be treated industrially.
—Erica Gies, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2018
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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
During the monsoon, the channel will be reserved for floodwaters, and the effluent will be treated industrially.
—Erica Gies, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effluent
distributary
Noun
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Delhi gets its water from the Yamuna river, while Kolkata uses water from the Hooghly river, a distributary of the Ganga.—
Sanjana Venkatesan,
Quartz India,
2 July 2019
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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 9 Sep. 2025.
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