: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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The multi-billion-dollar, multi-year project has wrapped, and most of the city’s sewage is now being safely shuffled away from Indianapolis’s creeks and rivers to an underground system of deep rock tunnels.
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Underground utilities, stormwater, sewage and other systems across the East Bank, including in River North, are largely suited to industrial uses and will need to be upgraded for other purposes.
—Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
There’s no sewage-treatment plants, and there’s no infrastructure.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The brand recommends connecting the home to your city’s main power, water, and sewage lines.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Underground utilities, stormwater, sewage and other systems across the East Bank, including in River North, are largely suited to industrial uses and will need to be upgraded for other purposes.
—Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
There’s no sewage-treatment plants, and there’s no infrastructure.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The brand recommends connecting the home to your city’s main power, water, and sewage lines.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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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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