: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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Stormwater collected outside of the combined sewer area typically flows into a pipe that goes directly into nearby streams and rivers, while a separate pipe collects sewage from homes and businesses.
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Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
In Chicago, heavy rains can cause overflows in its sewer system, with pipes that carry both stormwater runoff and sewage, releasing fecal matter into local waterways.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Three Fort Worth restaurants were temporarily closed for health violations including rodents, roaches, dirty toilets and sewage issues, according to recent inspection reports.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2025
When New York City gets more rain than our outdated sewers can manage, the water starts flowing to points of lowest elevation, often our subway stations, filling them with water contaminated by pollution, sewage, bacteria, and toxins.
—Amy Chester, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
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Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
In Chicago, heavy rains can cause overflows in its sewer system, with pipes that carry both stormwater runoff and sewage, releasing fecal matter into local waterways.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Three Fort Worth restaurants were temporarily closed for health violations including rodents, roaches, dirty toilets and sewage issues, according to recent inspection reports.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2025
When New York City gets more rain than our outdated sewers can manage, the water starts flowing to points of lowest elevation, often our subway stations, filling them with water contaminated by pollution, sewage, bacteria, and toxins.
—Amy Chester, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 20 Aug. 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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