sewerage

[soo-er-ij]

noun

1. the removal of waste water and refuse by means of sewers. sewer.

2. a system of sewers. sewer.

3. sewage.

sewerage

/ ˈsuːərɪdʒ /

noun

1. an arrangement of sewers

2. the removal of surface water or sewage by means of sewers

3. another word for sewage

Word History and Origins

Origin of sewerage¹

First recorded in 1825–35; sewer ¹ + -age

Example Sentences

If the firm does go bust, households will still have drinking water and sewerage services.

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Water UK, the industry body for sewerage companies, has previously said spills are "unacceptable", but that it had a plan "to end water sewage flowing into all waterways" which involved significant infrastructure upgrades.

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Five of these were from sewerage assets and were all category two.

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Catherine had read in newspaper archives the sewage tank became defunct in 1937, when the institution was joined to the town’s sewerage system.

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The water companies - along with the regulator Ofwat and the Environment Agency - decide when and where sewerage investment will be made.

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