black water

wastewater from toilets, garbage disposal, and industrial processes.

Compare gray water.

Words nearby black water

"And this time it will get me: just one or two little chills," he reflected, thinking of black-water fever.

Sacrifice |Stephen French Whitman
Fever not unfrequently assumes the dangerous form known as “black-water fever.”

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1 |Various
Four times in his nine years of missionary life has he suffered from the fell "black-water" scourge.

The Quiver, 1/1900 |Anonymous
"We've got black-water fever on board now, Brasse," he said in a weary voice.

The White Blackbird |Hudson Douglas

Malarial and black-water fever are prevalent in Dar-es-Salaam.

Seven Legs Across the Seas |Samuel Murray

black water

household waste water that cannot be reused without purification Compare grey water