Definition of septic tank
: a tank in which the solid matter of continuously flowing sewage is disintegrated by bacteria
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But the refrigerator would have been tiny, and outings to the septic tank station frequent.
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Bob Honey, his first novel, stars a septic tank salesman who decides to take arms against what’s wrong in our sociopolitical world.
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Storing pee is not just a matter of designing an extra septic tank, either.
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Additional work includes replacing a septic tank under the parking lot that has been leaking.
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Property owners who wanted to subdivide didn’t want to accommodate the need for septic tanks.
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The sewer project is designed to protect the river — which supplies drinking water to many downstream communities — from being polluted with seepage from local septic tanks.
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Diesel generators provide electricity, rainwater cisterns and wells provide water and septic tanks provide sewage disposal.
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Last year, Richardson called out the agency for allowing the prison to go for months without hot water or heat, flooded bathrooms and water rations when the septic tanks were jammed with food waste.
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First Known Use of septic tank
circa 1902
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Definition of septic tank for English Language Learners
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: a tank under the ground that holds human waste from toilets
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