Societal Problems → Effluent
Description
Effluent is wastewater from sewers or industrial outfalls that flows directly into surface waters, either untreated or after being treated at a facility. The term has slightly different meanings in certain contexts, and may contain various pollutants depending on the source.
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Organizations relating to Effluent
Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association / St Joseph, Trinidad-Tobago / Est. 1988
Zero Emissions Research Initiatives / Kamakura, Japan / Est. 1994
United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 2008
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility / Washington DC, USA
Prototype Carbon Fund / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1999
Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1979
International Carbon Action Partnership / Berlin, Germany / Est. 2007
Climate Investment Funds / Est. 2008
Association européenne pour le contrôle des eaux usées
Programa Latinoamericano del Carbono / Caracas, Venezuela / Est. 1999
Internationale Gesellschaft für Elektrosmog-Forschung / Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain / Est. 1990
International Council on Surgical Plume / Clarence NY, USA
Community-COST Concertation Agreement on a Concerted Action Project in the Field of Treatment and Use of Sewage Sludge / Est. 1979
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions / Est. 1994
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30 per Cent / Est. 1985
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Nitrogen Oxides Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes / Est. 1988
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds on Their Transboundary Fluxes / Est. 1991
Avicenna Project / Est. 1995
Nordic Wastewater Association
Smart Water Networks Forum / Weybridge, UK
International Conference on Marine Waste Water Discharges and Coastal Environment
Nordic Waste Water Conference / Est. 1989
International Congress on Water, Waste and Energy Management
Carbon Capture and Storage Association / London, UK
Global Commons Institute, London / London, UK / Est. 1991
Energy Transitions Commission / Est. 2016
European Working Group on Acoustic Emission / Warsaw, Poland / Est. 1972
Transition Network / Totnes, UK / Est. 2006
International Institute of Innovative Acoustic Emission / Kyoto, Japan
Clean Shipping Alliance / Est. 2018
International Emissions Trading Association / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1999
International Nitrogen Workshop
Clean Air Task Force / Boston MA, USA / Est. 1996
Climate TRACE / Est. 2020
European Water and Wastewater Industry Association / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1977
International Environmental Technology Centre / Osaka, Japan / Est. 1992
CDP / London, UK / Est. 2000
Zero Emissions Platform / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2005
The European Plastic Pipes and Fittings Association / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1992
International Office for Water / Paris, France / Est. 1991
Agreement on the Implementation of a European Project on Pollution, on the Topic 'sewage Sludge Processing' / Est. 1971
European Federation of National Associations of Water and Waste Water Services / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1975
International Centre for Sustainable Carbon / Gloucester, UK / Est. 1975
Global Logistics Emissions Council / Amsterdam, Netherlands / Est. 2014
CO2 Value Europe / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2017
European Lightweighting Network / Liège, Belgium
C40 / London, UK / Est. 2005
Transport Decarbonisation Alliance / Berkeley CA, USA / Est. 2018
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World Problems relating to Effluent
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialContaminated animal feed
Lead as an environmental pollutant
Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide
Health hazards of passive smoking
Exploitation of fossil fuels
Emissions from combustion engines
Smoke as a pollutant
Defective municipal water delivery equipment
Effluents from animal husbandry
Inadequate disposal of female sanitary protection
Inadequate sanitation infrastructure
Discharge of dangerous substances into sewage systems
Pollution of water by infected faeces
Unhygienic recreational contact with sewage
Malodorous fumes
Waste waters
Methane gas emissions from landfill sites
Thermal pollution
Photochemical oxidant formation
Electromagnetic pollution
Radioactive wastes
Sewage as a pollutant
Irritant fumes
Industrial waste water pollutants
Threatened habitats of wastewater treatment areas
Action Strategies relating to Effluent
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialPurifying effluents and emissions
Disposing of saline effluent
Controlling industrial effluents with precautionary measures based on life-cycle analysis
Establishing global greenhouse trading system
Developing policy on climate change
Developing information exchange on carbon dioxide emissions
Licensing carbon dioxide emissions
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Planning municipal sewage plants
Monitoring sewage as a pollutant
Meeting zero emissions target
Improving sewage management
Modernizing sanitary facilities
Establishing transferable pollution rights
Controlling transboundary emissions of persistent organic pollutants
Improving sewage treatment technology
Cleaning up dog excrement from pavements
Controlling transboundary emissions of heavy metal pollutants
Controlling transboundary emissions of nitrogen oxides
Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Financing biodiversity conservation through emissions trading
Enforcing air quality controls
Using management programmes to reduce emissions of persistent organic pollutants
Using economic instruments to reduce emissions from persistent organic pollutants
Controlling transboundary air pollution
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