Sewage vs. Effluent

Sewagenoun

A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.

Sewagenoun

(obsolete) sewerage.

Sewagenoun

The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

Sewagenoun

Sewerage, 2.

Sewagenoun

waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

Sewage

Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people. It is characterized by volume or rate of flow, physical condition, chemical and toxic constituents, and its bacteriologic status (which organisms it contains and in what quantities).

Effluentadjective

Flowing out; outflowing.

Effluentnoun

A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.

Effluentnoun

Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.

Effluentadjective

Flowing out; as, effluent beams.

Effluentnoun

A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

Effluentnoun

water mixed with waste matter

Effluentadjective

that is flowing outward

Effluentnoun

liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea

Effluent

Effluent is an outflowing of water or gas to a natural body of water, from a structure such as a sewage treatment plant, sewer pipe, industrial wastewater treatment plant or industrial outfall. Effluent, in engineering, is the stream exiting a chemical reactor.