Effluent

Effluent

Wastesdischargedintosurfacewater, sometimes considered to be water pollution. In physics/nuclear physics, e ffl uent is the radioactive waste released from a factory or nuclear plant. In earth sciences, the term refers to a stream that fl ows out of another body of water. For example, the Mississippi River’s e ffl uent of fresh water is between 200, 000 to 709, 000 ft3 /sec), making a plume of fresh water detectable from space.