Definition of "wastewater" []

• Water that has been used, as for washing, flushing, or in a manufacturing process, and so contains waste products; sewage. (noun)

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• "Detection of significant toxic releases in wastewater prompted a proposal to bring coal ash management under the national law that regulates solid waste, the Resource Conservation and Recover Act (RCRA)."
• "After several groups filed a formal protest this summer, the company behind the project - Arizona-based Tessera Solar - made several concessions, including promising to set aside 6,000 acres for the two species and to use wastewater from a nearby water-treatment plant for its operations."
• "But a growing concern over a host of other trace chemicals in wastewater has spurred interest in new technologies."