sewage treatment plant
noun
chiefly US
: a place where sewage is cleaned so that it is not harmful or dangerous to the environment
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The boat transports raw sewage from New York City to the sewage treatment plant.
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 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
The study exonerates the city’s sewage treatment plant, while also noting weather patterns in the area worsen the problem.
—James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
This money is needed to fix things like the town of Marshall’s sewage treatment plant, repair public buildings in Canton and more.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
Tijuana recently completed construction of a new sewage treatment plant in the area of San Antonio de los Buenos, a project that is part of a larger infrastructure plan developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Hobart city officials weighed building their own sewage treatment plant in 2001 because of rising GSD rates, but ultimately didn’t do it.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Three days later, she was found dead in a sewage treatment plant more than nine miles away.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 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
The study exonerates the city’s sewage treatment plant, while also noting weather patterns in the area worsen the problem.
—James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
This money is needed to fix things like the town of Marshall’s sewage treatment plant, repair public buildings in Canton and more.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
Tijuana recently completed construction of a new sewage treatment plant in the area of San Antonio de los Buenos, a project that is part of a larger infrastructure plan developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Hobart city officials weighed building their own sewage treatment plant in 2001 because of rising GSD rates, but ultimately didn’t do it.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Three days later, she was found dead in a sewage treatment plant more than nine miles away.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Sewage treatment plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage%20treatment%20plant. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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