Meaning
- Sewage (noun) refers to waste matter such as human waste, dirty water, and industrial effluents that are carried away from homes, buildings, or factories through pipes and drains to be treated or disposed of.
Grammar and Usage
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Part of speech: noun (uncountable).
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Used mainly in environmental, public health, and urban infrastructure contexts.
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Typical structure:
- “sewage system”
- “sewage treatment plant”
- “raw sewage”
Common Phrases
- raw sewage – untreated waste water.
- sewage treatment – the process of cleaning waste water.
- sewage disposal – the act of getting rid of sewage safely.
- sewage system – a network of pipes and facilities that transport and treat waste water.
Collocations
- verb + sewage: treat sewage, dispose of sewage, discharge sewage
- adjective + sewage: raw sewage, untreated sewage, domestic sewage, industrial sewage
- sewage + noun: sewage plant, sewage system, sewage pipe, sewage problem
Examples
- The city built a new sewage treatment plant to improve sanitation.
- Dumping raw sewage into the river is illegal.
- The village suffered from disease outbreaks due to poor sewage disposal.
- Heavy rains damaged the sewage system, causing flooding.
- Factories must properly treat their industrial sewage before releasing it.
- Engineers inspected the sewage pipes for blockages.
- The smell of untreated sewage spread across the neighborhood.
- Proper sewage management is essential for public health.
Synonyms or Related
- Waste water
- Effluent
- Drainage
- Sewage water
- Sanitary waste