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liquid waste [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
CONT

Liquid waste from businesses puts a strain on sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants that are designed to carry and treat only wastes from taps and toilets. Chemicals, metals, oil and grease, food and other wastes from businesses clog the system and pollute receiving waters with contaminants that treatment plants can't remove.

OBS

Waste is considered to be an uncountable noun. However, it is often found in the plural form (wastes), particularly when speaking of different types of waste.

OBS

liquid waste: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

Key term(s)
  • liquid wastes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

Les déchets liquides des entreprises surchargent les réseaux d'égout et les usines de traitement des eaux usées, conçus uniquement pour le transport et le traitement des eaux usées des robinets et des toilettes. Les produits chimiques, les métaux, les huiles et la graisse, les aliments et autres déchets d'entreprise congestionnent ces réseaux et polluent les eaux réceptrices avec des contaminants que les usines de traitement ne parviennent pas à éliminer.

OBS

déchets liquides : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Key term(s)
  • déchet liquide

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2003-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Wastes
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

The waste solutions generated from the mill process, mine drainage, waste rock stockpiles, or ore stockpiles, waste treatment systems or surface runoff.

Key term(s)
  • liquid wastes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets miniers
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Liquides provenant de l'usine d'enrichissement, du drainage dans la mine, des piles de stockage de stériles, des piles de stockage de minerai, des systèmes de traitement des déchets et du ruissellement.

Key term(s)
  • déchet liquide

Spanish

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