: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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For instance, in the Florida Keys, the discovery that a bacterium found in human wastewater was behind white pox disease in elkhorn coral led to sewage system upgrades.
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JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
The Tijuana River Valley can be more than a story about sewage.
—Paloma Aguirre, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Raw sewage, which has gone untreated and continued to build up during the war, is contaminating the aquifer Gaza shares with Israel and Egypt—creating ideal conditions for waterborne disease outbreaks.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
The burden of infrastructure — more water taps, sewage lines, and roadways — has not been figured into the densification projection (check out the traffic on Wadsworth Boulevard now).
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
The Tijuana River Valley can be more than a story about sewage.
—Paloma Aguirre, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Raw sewage, which has gone untreated and continued to build up during the war, is contaminating the aquifer Gaza shares with Israel and Egypt—creating ideal conditions for waterborne disease outbreaks.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
The burden of infrastructure — more water taps, sewage lines, and roadways — has not been figured into the densification projection (check out the traffic on Wadsworth Boulevard now).
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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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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