: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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So, the team worked with water treatment plants in Houston and El Paso, every week packing up (leak-proof) bottles of sewage and shipping them overnight to Baylor for testing.
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Simar Bajaj, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
The decision announced Thursday leaves a yawning hole in the finances of Europe’s largest water and sewage company, which could prompt the UK government to start special administration proceedings.
—Jessica Shankleman, Fortune Europe, 28 Mar. 2024
The canal still carries sewage, mixed with rainwater, away from the city on a malodorous, 29-mile course.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
According to their data, the water near the sewage outflows in Ilkley contained between 32 and 43 times the amounts of E. coli bacteria acceptable for a recreational bathing site.
—Andrew Kersley, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
San Diego is also paying out $170,000 to a La Jolla property owner who said a blockage in city sewer pipes caused sewage to flow into his home.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
The tree removal is part of an effort to clean up sewage overflows from the Pleasant Run waterway that runs through the park.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2024
The water company blamed for discharging sewage into the Thames stressed that E. coli was a naturally occurring organism and likely to be present in floodwater.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
To this day, when there are heavy rains and too much water flows into the sewers, raw sewage flows into the canal.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
Simar Bajaj, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
The decision announced Thursday leaves a yawning hole in the finances of Europe’s largest water and sewage company, which could prompt the UK government to start special administration proceedings.
—Jessica Shankleman, Fortune Europe, 28 Mar. 2024
The canal still carries sewage, mixed with rainwater, away from the city on a malodorous, 29-mile course.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
According to their data, the water near the sewage outflows in Ilkley contained between 32 and 43 times the amounts of E. coli bacteria acceptable for a recreational bathing site.
—Andrew Kersley, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
San Diego is also paying out $170,000 to a La Jolla property owner who said a blockage in city sewer pipes caused sewage to flow into his home.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
The tree removal is part of an effort to clean up sewage overflows from the Pleasant Run waterway that runs through the park.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2024
The water company blamed for discharging sewage into the Thames stressed that E. coli was a naturally occurring organism and likely to be present in floodwater.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
To this day, when there are heavy rains and too much water flows into the sewers, raw sewage flows into the canal.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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sewage
noun
sew·age
ˈsü-ij 
: waste materials carried off by sewers
Medical Definition
sewage
noun
sew·age
ˈsü-ij
: refuse liquids or waste matter carried off by sewers
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