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wastewater

used water from any combination of domestic, industrial, commercial or agricultural activities, surface runoff / storm water, and any sewer inflow or sewer infiltration
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wastewater

Summary

wastewater ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wastewater is a type of non-drinking water[2].
  • wastewater's Commons category is recorded as Wastewater[3].
  • wastewater's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wastewater[4].
  • wastewater's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • wastewater's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[6].
  • wastewater's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[7].
  • wastewater's topic has template is recorded as Template:Wastewater[8].
  • wastewater's different from is recorded as Ścieki, Łódź Voivodeship[9].
  • wastewater's different from is recorded as reclaimed water[10].
  • wastewater's different from is recorded as non-drinking water[11].
  • wastewater's different from is recorded as drinking water[12].
  • wastewater's different from is recorded as stormwater[13].
  • wastewater's different from is recorded as surface water[14].
  • wastewater's different from is recorded as sewage[15].
  • wastewater's different from is recorded as blackwater[16].
  • wastewater's different from is recorded as greywater[17].
  • wastewater's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as wastewater treatment[18].

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Definition and Type

wastewater is a type of non-drinking water[2].

Why It Matters

wastewater ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[1] wastewater has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] wastewater is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Ścieki, Łódź Voivodeship, reclaimed water, non-drinking water +6
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → wastewater treatment
    Local thumb → —
    Topic has template → Template:Wastewater
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5794, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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