sewage treatment plant
noun
chiefly US
: a place where sewage is cleaned so that it is not harmful or dangerous to the environment
Examples of sewage treatment plant in a Sentence
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Danbury residents responded angrily (and comically) to the rebuke, with the mayor suggesting that a major new sewage treatment plant should be named for the comedian.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
There’s no sewage treatment plant on site, and toilets reportedly back up.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
Creation of the memorial dates to 1988, when the town of Norman was excavating to build a sewage treatment plant.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
Gabriel said the water in Imperial Beach is getting contaminated by a nearby sewage treatment plant in Mexico.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
The boat transports raw sewage from New York City to the sewage treatment plant.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Therein lies their value to the Chesapeake Bay, which is beset by excess nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, runoff from farm field fertilizer and sewage treatment plant discharges, among other sources.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
Something like that happened in 2008 after San Francisco activists proposed a ballot measure to rename a city sewage treatment plant after George W. Bush.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Beaches near the river mouth and the sewage treatment plant outfall have regularly been closed because of high levels of bacteria in the ocean.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
There’s no sewage treatment plant on site, and toilets reportedly back up.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
Creation of the memorial dates to 1988, when the town of Norman was excavating to build a sewage treatment plant.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
Gabriel said the water in Imperial Beach is getting contaminated by a nearby sewage treatment plant in Mexico.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
The boat transports raw sewage from New York City to the sewage treatment plant.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Therein lies their value to the Chesapeake Bay, which is beset by excess nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, runoff from farm field fertilizer and sewage treatment plant discharges, among other sources.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
Something like that happened in 2008 after San Francisco activists proposed a ballot measure to rename a city sewage treatment plant after George W. Bush.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Beaches near the river mouth and the sewage treatment plant outfall have regularly been closed because of high levels of bacteria in the ocean.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Sewage treatment plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage%20treatment%20plant. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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