sewerage
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[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsuː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsuːə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]sewerage (countable and uncountable, plural sewerages)
- A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
- (rare or nonstandard) Sewage.
- 1860, Acts of the Legislature in Reference to Water Supply and Reports of Water Commissioners, With Accompanying Documents, 1851-60, page 276:
- Mr. Lovick made a similar experiment, to determine accurately the amount of sewerage from 1,200 average sized houses in London, where there was an intermittent supply of water from the different water companies.
- 2001, Paedogeddon (Brass Eye TV special)
- They put off paedophiles by spraying the child with eight litres of pressurized sewerage.
- 2010, India Today 5 Apr 17
- About 3.6 billion tonnes of untreated sewerage flows daily into the Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of Delhi's water.
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[edit]sewer system
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sewage — see sewage
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