What is wastewater effluent?
Wastewater is the liquid from a home, community or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter. Wastewater effluent is treated or untreated fluid that flows out of a treatment plant, sewer or industrial pipe and is generally discharged into rivers or lakes. Municipal wastewater effluent is one of the largest sources of pollution, by volume, discharged to surface water bodies in Canada. Reducing the discharge of pollution through wastewater effluents requires a number of steps, ranging from source control to end-of-pipe measures.
