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U.S. Department of Agriculture

effluents

Subject Category: P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Definition: Any liquid waste or byproduct that enters the environment from a point source.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/35926.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/35926
Broader Term: liquid wastes; pollutants
Narrower Term: industrial effluents; sewage effluent; silage effluent
Related Term: sand filters; wastewater
Spanish: efluentes
Term Number: 35926

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