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wastewater

wastewater

See also: waste water

English

Alternative forms

waste water

Noun

wastewater ‎(plural wastewaters)

Any water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.

Synonyms

sewage

Translations

water containing waste products

Bulgarian: помия (bg) ‎(pomija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 污水 (zh) ‎(wūshuǐ)
Danish: spildevand (da) n
Finnish: jätevesi (fi)
French: eaux usées (fr) f pl
German: Abwasser (de) n

Italian: acque reflue f pl, acque di scarico f pl
Japanese: 廃水 ‎(haisui), 排水 ‎(haisui)
Korean: 폐수 (ko) ‎(pyesu)
Persian: فاضلاب (fa) ‎(fâzelâb), پساب (fa) ‎(pasâb)
Polish: ścieki (pl) m pl
Portuguese: esgoto (pt) m
Russian: сто́чные во́ды (ru) f pl ‎(stóčnyje vódy), помо́и (ru) m pl ‎(pomói)
Swedish: avloppsvatten (sv) n, spillvatten n