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paragraph writing in wastewater please didnot give wastewater treatment​

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Wastewater

Wastewater is any water that has been contaminated by human use. Wastewater is "used water from any combination of domestic, industrial, commercial or agricultural activities, surface runoff or stormwater, and any sewer inflow or sewer infiltration".[1] Therefore, wastewater is a byproduct of domestic, industrial, commercial or agricultural activities. The characteristics of wastewater vary depending on the source. Types of wastewater include: domestic wastewater from households, municipal wastewater from communities (also called sewage) and industrial wastewater. Wastewater can contain physical, chemical and biological pollutants.

Greywater (a type of wastewater) in a settling tank

Households may produce wastewater from flush toilets, sinks, dishwashers, washing machines, bath tubs, and showers. Households that use dry toilets produce less wastewater than those that use flush toilets.

Wastewater may be conveyed in a sanitary sewer that conveys only sewage. Alternatively, wastewater can be transported in a combined sewer that conveys both stormwater runoff and sewage, and possibly also industrial wastewater. After treatment at a wastewater treatment plant, treated wastewater (also called effluent) is discharged to a receiving water body. The terms "wastewater reuse" and "water reclamation" apply if the treated waste is used for another purpose. Wastewater that is discharged to the environment without suitable treatment can cause water pollution.

In developing countries and in rural areas with low population densities, wastewater is often treated by various on-site sanitation systems and not conveyed in sewers. These systems include septic tanks connected to drain fields, on-site sewage systems (OSS), vermifilter systems and many more.

Sources of wastewater include the following domestic or household activities:

Human excreta (feces, urine, blood and other bodily fluids) often mixed with used toilet paper or wet wipes; this is known as blackwater if it is collected from flush toilets

Washing water (personal hygiene, clothes, floors, dishes, cars, etc.), also known as greywater or sullage

Surplus manufactured liquids from domestic sources (drinks, cooking oil, pesticides, lubricating oil, paint, cleaning detergents, etc.)

Activities producing industrial wastewater include:

Industrial site drainage (silt, sand, alkali, oil, chemical residues);

Industrial cooling waters (biocides, heat, slimes, silt)

Industrial processing waters

Organic or biodegradable waste including waste from hospitals, abattoirs, creameries, and food factories.

Organic or non bio-degradable waste that is difficult-to-treat from pharmaceutical [2] or pesticide manufacturing

Extreme pH waste from acid and alkali manufacturing

Toxic waste from metal plating, cyanide production, pesticide manufacturing, etc.

Solids and emulsions from paper mills, factories producing lubricants or hydraulic oils, foodstuffs, etc.

Water used in hydraulic fracturing

Produced water from oil & natural gas production

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