sewage
sewage
Definition
sew·age (so̵̅o̅′ij)
sewage
Synonyms
sewage
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- treat: At Grove Ferry, more treated sewage effluent arrives via pipeline from Herne Bay.
- discharge: The latest position about discharging sewage at sea is now known.
- pump: Rising main Pipes carrying untreated sewage pumped under pressure.
- dump: The water companies are dumping the bill on the consumers and dumping the sewage into the Thames.
- settle: Raw sewage is fed to the tank, and settled sewage is discharged to the drainage field.
Converse of subject
- contaminate: It is usually contracted through eating or drinking food or water contaminated by infected sewage or feces.
Adjective modifier
- untreated: Rising main Pipes carrying untreated sewage pumped under pressure.
- raw: I showed the Reporter the raw sewage pouring out of them.
- foul: The disposal of foul sewage shall be by means approved by the Local Planning Authority.
- crude: Test failure also would be likely whenever crude sewage is mixed with rainfall run-off.
- municipal: At the same time, the situation was exacerbated by continuous discharges of industrial effluents and municipal sewage into the country's rivers.
- domestic: Septic tanks are capable of treating all of a household's domestic sewage.
Preposition: into
- river: There are laws to stop people throwing rubbish and sewage into the river.
Modifies a noun
- sludge: The dumping of sewage sludge at sea was banned in 2000.
- outfall: What they didn't say was that the first red buoy marks the sewage outfall!
- disposal: He spoke at a public meeting, objecting to a new sewage disposal plan, for 11 minutes instead of the allotted five.
- effluent: Recommendation 7 Surveys should be carried out on the concentration of oocysts in sewage effluents.
- discharge: The WHO asserts a high health risk at beaches impacted by crude sewage discharges.
- treatment: Where is the sewage treatment system to be sited.
Noun used with modifier
- storm: The excess wastewater is known as storm sewage and can overflow from the storm tanks into the river.
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