: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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San Diego leaders are renewing calls to the state and federal governments to declare the sewage crisis an emergency.
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Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
Critically, a sewer pipe was slung under the pier to dump the city’s sewage farther offshore, a practice that ended in the late 1920s.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The sky cracks, streams of light pour over the busted sewage pipe, and then the sky dumps rain.
—Hazlitt, 29 May 2024
Alleviates the burden on sewage systems and groundwater by reducing the volume of oil intended for treatment.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024
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Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
Critically, a sewer pipe was slung under the pier to dump the city’s sewage farther offshore, a practice that ended in the late 1920s.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The sky cracks, streams of light pour over the busted sewage pipe, and then the sky dumps rain.
—Hazlitt, 29 May 2024
Alleviates the burden on sewage systems and groundwater by reducing the volume of oil intended for treatment.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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sewage
noun
sew·age
ˈsü-ij 
: waste materials carried off by sewers
Medical Definition
sewage
noun
sew·age
ˈsü-ij
: refuse liquids or waste matter carried off by sewers
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