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Descriptor English: Sewer Outfalls
Descriptor Spanish: Desaguaderos de Alcantarillado
Descriptor desaguaderos de alcantarillado
Entry term(s) desagüe de alcantarillado
desagües de alcantarillado
Scope note: Canalización que sirve para evacuar las aguas residuales de una población hacia una depuradora o hacia el mar. (Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, 2018. Disponible en: https://dle.rae.es/?id=EjNXSVi)
Descriptor Portuguese: Emissários de Esgoto
Descriptor French: Émissaires d'égout
Entry term(s): Outfall
Outfalls
Sewer Outfall
Tree number(s): SP4.606.806.945.750.207.799.815.249
Scope note: 1. The outlet of a body of water (such as a river or lake) especially the mouth of a drain or sewer. From: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2019. Available in: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outfall) 2. An outfall is the discharge point of a waste stream into a body of water; alternatively, it may be the outlet of a river, drain or a sewer where it discharges into the sea, a lake or ocean. (From: 40 CFR Section 122.26). 3. Outfalls are locations where the stormwater exits the facility, including pipes, ditches, swales, and other structures that transport stormwater. (From: EPA MSGP (final version), 2008. Available in: https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/msgp2008_finalpermit.pdf. Cited in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfall)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
Related: Collector Channels DeCS
Sewerage DeCS
DeCS ID: 25680
Unique ID: DDCS025680
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Sewer Outfalls - Preferred
Concept UI FD00058505
Scope note 1. The outlet of a body of water (such as a river or lake) especially the mouth of a drain or sewer. From: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2019. Available in: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outfall) 2. An outfall is the discharge point of a waste stream into a body of water; alternatively, it may be the outlet of a river, drain or a sewer where it discharges into the sea, a lake or ocean. (From: 40 CFR Section 122.26). 3. Outfalls are locations where the stormwater exits the facility, including pipes, ditches, swales, and other structures that transport stormwater. (From: EPA MSGP (final version), 2008. Available in: https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/msgp2008_finalpermit.pdf. Cited in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfall)
Preferred term Sewer Outfalls
Entry term(s) Outfall
Outfalls
Sewer Outfall



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