An "outfall pipe" is a large pipe or tunnel that carries wastewater or stormwater from a system or structure to a river, lake, ocean, or other bodies of water, allowing it to be discharged or released out of the system. Full definition
The Nassau Deputy Commissioner of Public Works told Newsday that diverting the 55 million gallons of treated wastewater a day to an ocean outfall pipe at Cedar Creek's Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh will reduce nitrogen levels by 99.4 percent. (wshu.org)
«Sometimes we find reefs that are doing very, very well in places that you would least expect to find them,» says Gates — such as a reef off Taiwan that lies below the waste - water outfall pipe of a nuclear power plant and experiences temperature fluctuations of between 6 °C and 8 °C per day. (scientificamerican.com)
But the best use of this major funding for Long Island would be a significant outlay toward the $ 550 - million cost of an ocean outfall pipe for the Bay Park sewage treatment plant. (newsday.com)