wastewater

Idioma: es

🇺🇸 /ˈweɪˌstwɔtɜr/

📖 Definiciones

noun
Aguas residuales; aguas residuales; Aguas residuales

EN: Water that has been used and contains dissolved or suspended waste materials, typically discharged from domestic, industrial, or commercial establishments, and requiring treatment before being released into the environment.; Water that has been contaminated by human activity, including sewage, industrial effluent, or agricultural runoff, as distinguished from clean or potable water.; The liquid waste or byproduct resulting from a manufacturing or industrial process.
adjective
de aguas residuales

EN: Relating to or involving wastewater, used attributively to describe systems, treatment, or infrastructure associated with the management of used water.

🔗 Detalles

Formas de la palabra

incontable

Colocaciones

wastewater treatmentwastewater treatment plantmunicipal wastewaterindustrial wastewaterwastewater managementwastewater disposalwastewater system

Sinónimos

sewageeffluentsewage waterwaste water

Antónimos

freshwaterpotable water

Palabras confundidas

sewage

EN: 'Sewage' refers specifically to the waste matter (solid and liquid) carried in water, while 'wastewater' refers to the water itself that has been used and contaminated.

es: 'Sewage' se refiere específicamente a la materia de desecho (sólida y líquida) transportada en el agua, mientras que 'wastewater' se refiere al agua misma que ha sido utilizada y contaminada.

effluent

EN: 'Effluent' typically refers to wastewater that is discharged or flowing out from a treatment plant or industrial process, whereas 'wastewater' is the general term for any used water.

es: 'Effluent' típicamente se refiere al agua residual que se descarga o fluye desde una planta de tratamiento o un proceso industrial, mientras que 'wastewater' es el término general para cualquier agua utilizada.

Consejos de ortografía

EN: Can be written as 'wastewater' (one word), 'waste water' (two words), or 'waste-water' (hyphenated). The unhyphenated one-word form is now standard in technical and environmental writing.

es: Puede escribirse como 'wastewater' (una palabra), 'waste water' (dos palabras) o 'waste-water' (con guion). La forma de una sola palabra sin guion es ahora estándar en la escritura técnica y ambiental.

💬 Ejemplos

The city's wastewater treatment plant processes millions of gallons of sewage every day.

La planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales de la ciudad procesa millones de litros de aguas negras cada día.
Untreated wastewater from the factory was found to be polluting the nearby river.

Se descubrió que las aguas residuales no tratadas de la fábrica contaminaban el río cercano.
The chemical plant must comply with strict regulations regarding the disposal of its wastewater.

La planta química debe cumplir con estrictas regulaciones sobre la eliminación de sus aguas residuales.
The municipality invested heavily in upgrading its wastewater infrastructure to meet new environmental standards.

El municipio invirtió fuertemente en la mejora de su infraestructura de aguas residuales para cumplir con las nuevas normas medioambientales.