outfall
Where sewers empty
An outfall is the point where water flows out—typically where a drain, sewer, or river discharges into a larger body of water.
The term appears most often in environmental contexts discussing pollution or water management: The sewage outfall contaminated the bay.
An outfall pipe carries wastewater to its discharge point.
Discharged liquid waste
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- wastewaterContaminated drainage from buildings
- outflowFluid exiting a system
- emissionDischarged substance or act
release · overflow · spillway · outpouring · expulsion · flux · seepage · leakage
Unwelcome substances in something pure
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- industrialOf factories and production
chemicals · heavy metals · pesticides · eutrophication · algae bloom · bioaccumulation · runoff · hazardous
Tidal mixing zone
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- tidalOf sea rhythms
- brackishMildly salty water
- inletWater extending into land
bay · harbor · mouth · shoreline · marine · ocean · beach · nearshore
Organism's natural environment
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- saltmarshCoastal wetland with brackish water
- tidalOf sea rhythms
- riparianRelating to riverbanks
biodiversity · species · flora · fauna · nursery · impact · degradation · restoration
effluent
Discharged liquid waste
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- wastewaterContaminated drainage from buildings
- outflowFluid exiting a system
emission · release · overflow · spillway · outpouring · expulsion · flux · seepage · leakage · disgorgement
contaminants
Unwelcome substances in something pure
industrial · chemicals · heavy metals · pesticides · eutrophication · algae bloom · bioaccumulation · runoff · hazardous · waste
estuary
Tidal mixing zone
inlet · bay · harbor · mouth · shoreline · marine · ocean · beach · nearshore · submarine
habitat
Organism's natural environment
riparian · biodiversity · species · flora · fauna · nursery · impact · degradation · restoration · conservation
- sanitationsewage, sewers, cleaning, sewer, disinfecting
- sewage systemssewage, sewers, sewer, sewer lines, wastewater
- flood controllevee, levees, flood channels, dike, dikes
- wastewaterwastewater, sewage, sewage treatment, effluent, raw sewage
- water channelsditch, drain, gutter, sewer, channel
- water managementwater supply, dam, water district, water authority, water allocation
outfallintake
Amount received or consumed
inlet · water intake · intake pipe · inflow · influent
outfallsource
Point of origin
headwaters · spring · origin point · catchment · wellhead