: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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Smaller rises in water and sewage bills and road tax than were seen last year also helped pull the rate down, Fitzner said.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Most people don't think of sewage as a source of energy, says Dan Freedman, director of technology and innovation at Metro Water Recovery, the city's wastewater utility.
—Ishan Thakore, NPR, 20 May 2026
The president blamed him for a massive sewage spill and excluded him from a historically bipartisan governors' meeting at the White House.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 May 2026
If, for David Lynch, ideas are like fish in a river, then for Danish provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn, those ideas are like chunks of excrement in an exploded sewage pipe.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Most people don't think of sewage as a source of energy, says Dan Freedman, director of technology and innovation at Metro Water Recovery, the city's wastewater utility.
—Ishan Thakore, NPR, 20 May 2026
The president blamed him for a massive sewage spill and excluded him from a historically bipartisan governors' meeting at the White House.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 May 2026
If, for David Lynch, ideas are like fish in a river, then for Danish provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn, those ideas are like chunks of excrement in an exploded sewage pipe.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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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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