Sludge vs. Sewage

Sludgenoun

Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.

Sludgenoun

A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.

Sludgenoun

A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.

Sludgenoun

A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.

Sludgenoun

sludge metal

Sludgeverb

to slump or slouch.

Sludgeverb

(intransitive) to slop or drip slowly.

Sludgenoun

Mud; mire; soft mud; slush.

Sludgenoun

Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow.

Sludgenoun

See Slime, 4.

Sludgenoun

Anything resembling mud or slush; as: (a) A muddy or slimy deposit from sweage. (b) Mud from a drill hole in boring. (c) Muddy sediment in a steam boiler. (d) Settling of cottonseed oil, used in making soap, etc. (e) A residuum of crude paraffin-oil distillation.

Sludgenoun

the precipitate produced by sewage treatment

Sludgenoun

any thick messy substance

Sludgenoun

thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process

Sludgenoun

dirty oil, especially in the sump of an internal combustion engine.

Sludgenoun

an unattractive muddy shade of brown or green

Sludgenoun

sea ice newly formed in small pieces.

Sludge

Sludge is a semi-solid slurry that can be produced from a range of industrial processes, from water treatment, wastewater treatment or on-site sanitation systems. For example, it can be produced as a settled suspension obtained from conventional drinking water treatment, as sewage sludge from wastewater treatment processes or as fecal sludge from pit latrines and septic tanks.

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).