| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Effluent Limitation | Administration | 1: An amount or concentration of a water pollutant that can be legally discharged into a water body by a Point Source (PS), expressed as the maximum daily discharge, the maximum discharge per amount of product, and/or the concentration limit in the wastewater stream, as a 24-hour or 30-day average. The applicable technology-based standard is set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code, but differs between new and existing sources and by broad types of water pollutants: conventional pollutants, toxic pollutants, nonconventional, nontoxic pollutants; dredge and fill wastes; and heat discharges. (references) | |
| 2: The maximum amount of a specific substance or characteristic that can be present in effluent discharge without violating water quality standards in receiving waters. (references) | |||
| 3: Restrictions established by a State or EPA on quantities, rates, and concentrations in wastewater discharges. (references) | |||
| Effluent limitation | Agriculture | An Environmental Protection Agency "standard of performance" reflecting the maximum degree of discharge reduction achievable by the best available technology for various categories of sources of water pollution. These categories include feedlots, grain mills, and several kinds of food processing. (references) | |
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