: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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When maintenance issues reached a crisis point with sewage overflow in 2023, residents turned to the attorney general to intervene.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Raw sewage poured into the Hudson and Chicago Rivers.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
The whole project would need to be finished for sewage to start flowing, BreAnna Clifford, a city spokesperson, told the Statesman by email.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 28 Apr. 2026
WastewaterSCAN, a research project led by scientists from Stanford and Emory universities, draws samples from municipal sewage facilities across the country to look for pathogens people shed through their stool.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Raw sewage poured into the Hudson and Chicago Rivers.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
The whole project would need to be finished for sewage to start flowing, BreAnna Clifford, a city spokesperson, told the Statesman by email.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 28 Apr. 2026
WastewaterSCAN, a research project led by scientists from Stanford and Emory universities, draws samples from municipal sewage facilities across the country to look for pathogens people shed through their stool.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 2 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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