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| combined waste water A mixture of domestic or industrial wastewater and surface runoff | 综合废水 (一种家庭或工业废水和地表径流的混合物。) |
| domestic waste water Wastewater principally derived from households, business buildings, institutions, etc., which may or may not contain surface runoff, groundwater or storm water | 生活污水 (主要来自住家、商业建筑物或其他机构的废水，可能包含或者不包含地表径流、地下水或暴雨。) |
| industrial waste water Waste water that results from industrial processes and manufacturing. It may either be disposed of separately or become part of the sanitary or combined sewage | 工业废水 (由工业制程中产生的废水。这些废水可被单独处理或纳入卫生下水道或合流式下水道处理。) |
| integrated waste water treatment concept | 污水综合处理方案 |
| waste water Used water, or water that is not needed, which is permitted to escape, or unavoidably escapes from canals, ditches, reservoirs or other bodies of water, for which the owners of these structures are legally responsible | 废水 (允许流出或不可避免地从运河、沟渠、水库或其它水体中流出的用过的水或不需要的水，这些废水的所有者对其负法律责任。) |
| waste water charge Imposed fee, expense, or cost for the management of spent or used water that contains dissolved or suspended matter from a home, community farm, or industry | 废水费 (为管理来自家庭、社区农场、或工业中使用过的水中可溶物或悬浮物而征收的费用、开支或成本。) |
| waste water discharge The flow of treated effluent from any wastewater treatment process | 废水排放 (来自任何废水处理过程中的已处理过的流出物。) |
| waste water disposal Collection and removal of wastewater deriving from industrial and urban settlements by means of a system of pipes and treatment plants | 废水处理 (通过包含管道和污水处理厂的系统对工业和城市居民产生的废水进行收集和清除。) |
| waste water legislation A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to regulate the outflow and disposal of spent or used water from a home, community, farm or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter | 废水立法 (由政府制定的具有约束力的规则或规则体，以管理从家庭、社区、农场或工业中流出的含有溶解物或悬浮物的废水或已使用过的水的流出和处理。) |
| waste water load The amount of spent or used water, often containing dissolved and suspended matter, that is found in a stream or some other body of water | 废水负荷 (指含有溶解物和悬浮物废物的或已使用过的水的总量，这些水常见于河流或其它水体中。) |
| waste water pollution The impairment of the quality of some medium due to the introduction of spent or used water from a community or industry | 废水污染 (由于社区或工业中的废水或已使用过的水的引入而导致的某些媒介物的质量减损。) |
| waste water purification Processing of waste water for reuse | 废水净化 (废水再利用的处理过程。) |
| waste water quality The state or condition of spent or used water that contains dissolved or suspended matter from a home, community farm or industry | 废水质量 (从家庭、社区、农场或工业中流出的含有溶解物或悬浮物的废水或已使用过的水的状况。) |
| waste water reduction The act or process of lessening the volume of used or spent water that is discharged from homes, businesses or industries | 减少废水 (减少从家庭、商业或工业中排放已使用过的水或废水的行为和过程。) |
| waste water sludge The removed materials resulting from physical, biological and chemical treatment of waste water | 废水污泥 (废水进行物理的、生物的和化学的处理所产生的移除物。) |
| waste water statistics No definition needed | 废水统计 (无需定义。) |
| waste water treatment Any process to which wastewater is subjected which would remove, or otherwise render harmless to human health and the environment, its constituent wastes | 废水处理 (清除废水中的废料成分，使其无害于人类健康和环境的任何过程。) |
| waste water treatment plant Plant where, through physical-chemical and biological processes, organic matter, bacteria, viruses and solids are removed from residential, commercial and industrial wastewaters before they are discharged in rivers, lakes and seas | 废水处理厂 (通过物理、化学和生物过程，在住宅，商业和工业废水排入河流、湖泊和海洋之前对有机物、细菌、病毒和固体进行清除的工厂。) |
