sludge
Thick wastewater residue
Sludge is thick, soft, wet matter—mud, sediment, or industrial waste with a similar consistency.
Sewage treatment produces sludge.
Oil sludge accumulates in engines.
The word suggests something unpleasant and difficult to deal with: wading through bureaucratic sludge.
As a music genre, sludge (or sludge metal) combines doom metal's slow heaviness with hardcore punk's aggression.
Thick and slow-flowing
- gooeySoft and sticky
- thickHaving great depth
- oozySeeping moisture slowly
- gelatinousViscous and semisolid
slick · gloppy · slimy · sticky · dense · pasty · clotted · congealed
Liquid refuse in drains
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- refuseReject or garbage
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- biosolidsTreated sewage for reuse
septic · cesspool · excrement · offal · manure · cesspit · night soil · bilge
Boggy, waterlogged terrain
morass · swamp · marsh · slop · waterlogged · soggy · marshland · mudflat
Waterborne earth particles
- residueMatter left behind
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- dregsResidue at bottom
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
settling · alluvium · ooze · particles · silting · clay · muck · bottoms
Contaminated drainage from buildings
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- byproductSecondary outcome of production
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
refinery · chemicals · filtration · toxic · contaminants · heavy metals · processing · dewatering
Treated sewage for reuse
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- nitrogenElement seven, colorless gas
phosphate · soil amendment · spreading · agricultural · mulch · organic matter
Introduction of impurities
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- leachateLiquid filtered through waste
- runoffExcess water drainage
dioxins · heavy metals · carcinogens · groundwater · landfill · biohazard · oil spill · petrochemicals
viscous
Thick and slow-flowing
gelatinous · slick · gloppy · slimy · sticky · dense · pasty · clotted · congealed · syrupy
sewage
Liquid refuse in drains
biosolids · septic · cesspool · excrement · offal · manure · cesspit · night soil · bilge · scum
mire
Boggy, waterlogged terrain
quagmire · morass · swamp · marsh · slop · waterlogged · soggy · marshland · mudflat · wetland
silt
Waterborne earth particles
precipitate · settling · alluvium · ooze · particles · silting · clay · muck · bottoms · settlings
wastewater
Contaminated drainage from buildings
sewage · refinery · chemicals · filtration · toxic · contaminants · heavy metals · processing · dewatering · digester
biosolids
Treated sewage for reuse
nitrogen · phosphate · soil amendment · spreading · agricultural · mulch · organic matter
contamination
Introduction of impurities
runoff · dioxins · heavy metals · carcinogens · groundwater · landfill · biohazard · oil spill · petrochemicals · acid
- blockagesblockage, dam, clog, congestion, drain clog
- breakdown productscarbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, compost
- fermentation byproductslees, dregs, pomace, marc, sediment
- industrial wasteslag, tailings, effluent, overburden, fly ash
- seweragesewers, sewage, sewer pipes, sewer, sewer networks
- sludge treatmentbiosolids, dewatering, digestion, thickening, stabilization
sludgeclear water
Uncontaminated, transparent liquid
pure water · clean water · purified water · distilled water · spring water
- toxic sludgePoisonous industrial byproduct
- sewage sludgeSolid wastewater treatment residue