Darling Pumps: Waste Water Submersible Pumps What is Waste Water? Waste water refers to all effluent from household, commercial establishments and institutions, hospitals, industries and so on. It also includes stormwater and agricultural effluent.
Sewage is also waste water. It is waste water originating from toilets and bathroom fixtures, bathing, laundry, kitchen sinks, cleaners, and similar dirty water that is produced in households and public places.
Types of Waste Water Waste water comes in three main types namely Blackwater, Graywater and Yellow water. Blackwater This is waste water that originates from toilet fixtures, dishwashers, and food preparation sinks. It is made up of all the things that you can imagine going down the toilets, bath and sink drains. They include poop, urine, toilet paper and wipes; body cleaning liquids, anal cleansing water and so on. They are known to be highly contaminated with dissolved chemicals, particulate matter and is very pathogenic.