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Descriptor English: Gray Water
Descriptor Spanish: Aguas Grises
Descriptor aguas grises
Entry term(s) água gris
Scope note: 1. EFLUENTES DOMÉSTICOS que excluyen las aguas procedentes de los INODOROS. 2. Las aguas grises son aguas residuales reutilizables de fregaderos de baños residenciales, comerciales e industriales, desagües de ducha y desagües del lavado de ropa. El agua gris se reutiliza en el sitio, generalmente para el riego de jardines. (Adaptación y traducción libre del original: de Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los EE. UU. -- EPA, 2018. Disponible en: https://www3.epa.gov/region9/water/recycling/)
Descriptor Portuguese: Água Cinza
Descriptor French: Eaux Grises
Entry term(s): Graywater
Grey Water
Greywater
Reused Water
Sullage
Tree number(s): SP4.606.806.945.750.207.299
Scope note: 1. Domestic effluents excluding water from toilets. 2. Gray water is reusable wastewater from residential, commercial and industrial bathroom sinks, bathtub shower drains, and clothes washing equipment drains. Gray water is reused onsite, typically for landscape irrigation. (Adaptation of the original: Environmental Protection Agency -- EPA, 2018. Available in: https://www3.epa.gov/region9/water/recycling/)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CL classification
EC economics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
Related: Domestic Effluents DeCS
DeCS ID: 24940
Unique ID: DDCS024940
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Gray Water - Preferred
Concept UI FD00057959
Scope note 1. Domestic effluents excluding water from toilets. 2. Gray water is reusable wastewater from residential, commercial and industrial bathroom sinks, bathtub shower drains, and clothes washing equipment drains. Gray water is reused onsite, typically for landscape irrigation. (Adaptation of the original: Environmental Protection Agency -- EPA, 2018. Available in: https://www3.epa.gov/region9/water/recycling/)
Preferred term Gray Water
Entry term(s) Graywater
Grey Water
Greywater
Reused Water
Sullage



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