英:['weɪstwɔ:tə(r)]
美:['weɪstwɔtər]
英:['weɪstwɔ:tə(r)]
美:['weɪstwɔtər]
waste·wa·ter
weIst waw tr
noun
water that has been used for some purpose by humans, such as in industry or for sanitation, and contains any of various types of contaminants.Pipes carry wastewater from homes into the city's sewer system.
wastewater treatment污水处理
wastewater disposal废水处置
同时,“waste-water”一词源于15世纪中期的“waste”(形容词)和“water”(名词)。
废水
废水
生产活动产生的液状废弃物,常常含有有毒、有害组分。
The first known use of wastewater was in the 15th century
1 80% of wastewater around the world is not treated at all, and it is running into oceans.
世界上80%的废水根本没有得到处理,它们正在流入海洋。
2 However, microplastic particles are so small they can't be caught by current treatment infrastructure, so they end up concentrating in wastewater sludge.
3 Mr. Rava graduated from Penn State with a degree in environmental science and helped design wastewater treatment equipment and other environmental products in Houston.
4 It is expected to use 15 percent less energy than the previous building and 30 percent less water, and generate 20 percent less wastewater.
5 We can completely treat wastewater using the right type of plants and design.
6 They discovered a range of persistent pollutants in the wastewater from two major plants.
他们从两家主要工厂排出的废水中发现了一系列持续性污染物。
7 “Dusty’s crew didn’t pump the wastewater into the basin. They hooked up to a sewer tank onshore.”
8 This waste stream could potentially be piped to the wastewater treatment plant, with or without sewage.
9 Researchers looked specifically at the cycle of carbamazepine, a pharmaceutical anticonvulsant generally used in the treatment of epilepsy that is also “ubiquitously detected in reclaimed wastewater, highly persistent in soil, and taken up by crops.”
10 “Currently we are building storm surge barriers around all the wastewater plants,” he said.
11 Len uses art to confront the consequences of industrialization, such as pollution, and was recently an artist in residence for a wastewater treatment plant in Virginia.
12 Washington has one of the world’s largest advanced wastewater treatment plants at Blue Plains, a 157-acre complex across the Potomac River from Alexandria.
13 As wastewater streams concentrate microplastics, they also offer an opportunity to reduce the plastic pollution that is entering the environment.
14 Phinney irrigates all her crops with reclaimed wastewater, which she says is nutrient rich, safe, free, and abundant.
15 But others use pure wastewater for irrigation, suggesting that they have no alternative.
而更多的情况是,很多人不得不使用纯废水灌溉,因为他们没有其他选择。
16 Biotreatment techniques are widely used in wastewater treatment.
生物法是目前污水处理中广泛采用的方法。
17 But it’s been difficult to correlate symptoms of bacterial illness with nearby wastewater releases.
18 The virus load in wastewater tends to increase with the size of the community.
污水承载的病毒,有随社区规模增大而增加的倾向.
19 Wastewater treatment is a major issue.
而污水处理是一个重要问题。
20 The wastewater facility at Malabar in Sydney is the first project in Australia injecting biogas into the gas network, demonstrating its feasibility.
1 污水