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Water pollution

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soil pollutionnounThe pollution of soil, for example by sewage or toxic chemicals.
farm runoffnounWater leaving farm fields, polluted by animal waste and fertilizers.
effluentnoun(uncountable) Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water.
hydropollutionnounwater pollution
wastewaternounAny water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.
water poisoningnounA potentially fatal medical condition, also called water intoxication, caused by extremely rapid intake of water.
runoffnounThat portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
stormwaternounWater that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream, increasing the level of waterways. In some municipal systems it intermixes with wastewater, increasing the volume of the latter.
water dumpingnounocean dumping
sewagenounA suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
washwaternounWater used for washing, especially in industrial processes.
siltationnounThe (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.
outflownounThe process of flowing out.
oxygen depletionnounThe reduction in the concentration of dissolved oxygen in water, especially as a result of pollution.
phytodepurationnounThe purification of surface water by means of bacteria on the roots of plants
slickwaternounWater with chemical additives used in hydraulic fracturing.
biosolidnounA byproduct of domestic and commercial sewage and wastewater treatment.
bound waternoun(hydrology) Water that is bound to an inorganic surface.
red waternounA cattle disease, with one symptom being reddish urine.
produced waternounWastewater that is left over after its use in the extraction process of oil or gas.

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