Definition of sewage
: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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Bacterial growth is responsible for a rotten egg or sewage smell residents have complained about.
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Nearby are a water treatment plant, a city sewage lift station, Falcon Field Airport and the Loop 202.
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Under Reed's advice, Kirk ended the practice of flushing untreated sewage into the Atlantic Ocean and decided to support turning Biscayne Bay into a national monument.
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Also the use of septic tanks for sewage poses a watershed threat.
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The judge said the rapid manner in which the pension reform bill was passed — Republican legislators substituted language in an unrelated sewage bill to pass it within six hours — was unconstitutional.
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So, please, consider our national park your trash can or, in the case of RV campers, your personal sewage dump.
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Local supplies Green groups have long extolled the virtues of recycling sewage into potable drinking water.
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Such contamination can happen through wastewater and sewage runoff, flooding or someone defecating while swimming, the report says.
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Origin and Etymology of sewage
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SEWAGE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of sewage for English Language Learners
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: waste material (such as human urine and feces) that is carried away from homes and other buildings in a system of pipes
SEWAGE Defined for Kids
Definition of sewage for Students
: waste materials carried off by sewers
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of sewage
: refuse liquids or waste matter carried off by sewers
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