: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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The roughly $16 million effort aims to reduce incidents where heavy rain causes raw sewage — including fecal matter — to overflow into local creeks and streams.
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Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
The company also points out the land sits next to a tractor-trailer depot already approved by Miami-Dade on land that’s also outside the UDB and that Miami-Dade once seriously considered building a sewage-treatment plant on the site before that project fizzled years ago.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Washington State University has transformed sewage sludge’s environmental liability into a valuable energy asset.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Some residents say rodents, broken elevators and sewage problems have been plaguing their apartment building for years, and fixes didn't come until the arrest.
—Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
The company also points out the land sits next to a tractor-trailer depot already approved by Miami-Dade on land that’s also outside the UDB and that Miami-Dade once seriously considered building a sewage-treatment plant on the site before that project fizzled years ago.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Washington State University has transformed sewage sludge’s environmental liability into a valuable energy asset.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Some residents say rodents, broken elevators and sewage problems have been plaguing their apartment building for years, and fixes didn't come until the arrest.
—Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 25 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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