sewage gas

British  

noun

1. gas given off in the digestion of sewage consisting of approximately 66 per cent methane and 34 per cent carbon dioxide

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Example Sentences

No publicity stunt, the blast, which injured two dozen, was attributed to an accumulation of sewage gas.

From Los Angeles Times

Elected to lead a city that was the grieving, wounded site of an atrocity, he will depart as mayor of a city where artists have been able to decorate a mighty park with thousands of sheets of saffron, for no reason other than the simple joy of it; where engineers figured out how to turn sewage gas into electricity; where people are safer from violent crime than at any time in modern history.

From New York Times

Naval Research Laboratory have accomplished an even more amazing transformation: they have turned sewage gas into diamonds.

From Time Magazine Archive

It can be planted anywhere, regardless of water, sewage, gas or electricity supply lines.

From Time Magazine Archive