sewerage

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English

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Etymology

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From sewer +‎ -age.

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Noun

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sewerage (countable and uncountable, plural sewerages)

  1. A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
  2. (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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