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sewage
[ soo-ij ]
noun
- the waste matter that passes through sewers.
sewage
/ ˈsuːɪdʒ /
noun
- waste matter from domestic or industrial establishments that is carried away in sewers or drains for dumping or conversion into a form that is not toxic
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Origin of sewage1
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Example Sentences
The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
What specific bacteria and viruses can be detected in the sewage?
Today, sewage overflow is rarely an issue in developed cities.
For the enormous quantities of clean water that are piped in, an equal amount of sewage is piped out.
President Lyndon Johnson had just taken a tour of communities in Appalachia without electricity, running water, or sewage systems.
In its liquid form, however, sewage manure has been employed with the best possible effect in the cultivation of meadows.
If sewage is to be used at all, there seems little doubt that it must be by applying it entire, and in the liquid state.
The sewage of the dirtiest city in China—which is saying about all that can be said on the subject—is emptied into this river.
After a season or two of sewage soaking the soil becomes so soft that in the winter months it is unapproachable.
They may also take proceedings in respect of the pollution of a stream by any solid or liquid sewage matter.
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