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Effluent: Industrial or urban waste discharged into the environment.

Effluent Stream: A stream that gains water from ground water flow. These streams are typical of humid climates where water tables are high. The discharge of an effluent stream can be sustained by ground wate . . . View Full Definition

Effluent Limitation: An Environmental Protection Agency 'standard of performance' reflecting the maximum degree of discharge reduction achievable by the best available technology for various categories of source . . . View Full Definition

Septic System: A system for collecting, treating and eliminating waste from a home waste drainage system.

Feedlot: A confined cattle feeding facility where feeder cattle (usually less than a year old) are put on higher protein rations to prepare them for slaughter as fed cattle at 'good' or better grades . . . View Full Definition

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO): Generally, a facility where large numbers of farm animals are confined, fed, and raised, such as dairy and beef cattle feedlots, hog production facilities, and closed poultry houses. The Env . . . View Full Definition

Discharge: The release of any waste into the environment from a point source. Usually refers to the release of a liquid waste into a body of water through an outlet such as a pipe, but also refers to a . . . View Full Definition

Biological Monitoring: Using living organisms to test the quality of either effluent to be discharged into receiving waters, or waters downstream from a discharge.