sewage
the waste matter that passes through sewers.
Origin of sewage
1- Also sewerage.
Words Nearby sewage
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How to use sewage in a sentence
The reason sewage results go up or down before official case numbers do is that people seem to start shedding the virus into toilets a day or two before they feel ill, and it often takes even more time to receive a test result.
The fast-spreading coronavirus variant is turning up in US sewers | Stephanie Arnett | February 8, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewProjects like Echoparque, or Echo Park in English, promote the benefits of reutilization of sewage water.
Who Owns the Tijuana River – and Who Needs Its Water Most | MacKenzie Elmer and Vicente Calderón | January 11, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIn 2014, state inspectors found the Wish-I-Ah nursing home in Fresno County, among other things, failed to maintain its sewage treatment system, forcing workers without protective gear to remove and dispose of raw sewage.
Profit and pain: How California’s largest nursing home chain amassed millions as scrutiny mounted | Debbie Cenziper, Joel Jacobs, Alice Crites, Will Englund | December 31, 2020 | Washington PostTribal reservations were not eligible for federal water and sewage funding until the late 1980s.
Once cases reached zero, the state was planning to start testing sewage for Covid-19 to get a head start on any resurgence.
The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
Bill Gates Drinks Sewer Water | Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat specific bacteria and viruses can be detected in the sewage?
The Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? Sewers | Wudan Yan | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTToday, sewage overflow is rarely an issue in developed cities.
The Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? Sewers | Wudan Yan | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the enormous quantities of clean water that are piped in, an equal amount of sewage is piped out.
The Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? Sewers | Wudan Yan | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPresident Lyndon Johnson had just taken a tour of communities in Appalachia without electricity, running water, or sewage systems.
In its liquid form, however, sewage manure has been employed with the best possible effect in the cultivation of meadows.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonIf sewage is to be used at all, there seems little doubt that it must be by applying it entire, and in the liquid state.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonThe sewage of the dirtiest city in China—which is saying about all that can be said on the subject—is emptied into this river.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands | George Francis TrainAfter a season or two of sewage soaking the soil becomes so soft that in the winter months it is unapproachable.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesThey may also take proceedings in respect of the pollution of a stream by any solid or liquid sewage matter.
British Dictionary definitions for sewage
/ (ˈsuːɪdʒ) /
waste matter from domestic or industrial establishments that is carried away in sewers or drains for dumping or conversion into a form that is not toxic
Origin of sewage
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