effluent
/ˈɛfluənt/ noun C2- A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence. · The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams.
- Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water. · Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers.
Plural effluents
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The River Thames, long treated as a convenient repository for the untreated effluent of over two million residents, was rapidly transformed into a sluggish, putrid canal.
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