1. Water mixed with waste matter
   "The factory was fined for releasing untreated effluent into the river";
   - wastewater, sewer water

1. That is flowing outward
   "The effluent current made swimming difficult";
   - outflowing

Derived forms: effluents

See also: outgoing

Type of: waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

Part of: sewage, sewerage

Encyclopedia: Effluent