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SEA OUTFALL [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Pollution
DEF

[A] pipeline or tunnel that discharges municipal or industrial-treated wastewater from land to sea.

OBS

marine outfall; sea outfall: Not to be confused with "ocean outfall," which discharges wastewater into the ocean.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

Quelque 56 000 tonnes de boues [issues des stations d'épuration des eaux usées] ont été utilisées comme produits de catégorie A en agriculture [...] Cependant, les 41 000 tonnes restantes de boues activées sont déversées dans la mer Méditerranée par un exutoire marin de 5 km de long, à 38 mètres de profondeur.

Spanish

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