Black-water
wastewater from toilets, garbage disposal, and industrial processes.
Historical Examples
Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman
Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman
South Sea Tales Jack London
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1 Various
The Quiver, 1/1900 Anonymous
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various
The White Blackbird Hudson Douglas
Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman
Seven Legs Across the Seas Samuel Murray
noun
household waste water that cannot be reused without purification Compare grey water
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