: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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The state's Department of Environmental Protection has barred water and sewage from being supplied to them for now.
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ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
In the eighteen-seventies, Frederick Law Olmsted designed the Emerald Necklace, a chain of parks that managed sewage and flooding in Boston’s Back Bay Fens.
—Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Nest Burger at 2540 East Plano Parkway Suite was temporarily closed after inspectors observed a lack of adequate sewage disposal facilities in the kitchen causing an immediate public health hazard.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
Millions of gallons a day of raw, untreated sewage and industrial waste flows north through the Tijuana River, across the border, into the Tijuana River Estuary and out into the Pacific — polluting the air as well.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
In the eighteen-seventies, Frederick Law Olmsted designed the Emerald Necklace, a chain of parks that managed sewage and flooding in Boston’s Back Bay Fens.
—Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Nest Burger at 2540 East Plano Parkway Suite was temporarily closed after inspectors observed a lack of adequate sewage disposal facilities in the kitchen causing an immediate public health hazard.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
Millions of gallons a day of raw, untreated sewage and industrial waste flows north through the Tijuana River, across the border, into the Tijuana River Estuary and out into the Pacific — polluting the air as well.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 12 Apr. 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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