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Sewage works

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Definition

sewage /'su:Çdʒ; Brit also 'sju:-/ n [U] မိလႅာ။ အညစ္အေၾကး။ chemically treated sewage ❍ sewage disposal. Compare SEWERAGE ❏ sewage farm n = SEWAGE WORKS ❏ sewage works n [sing or pl v ] မိလႅာေလမႈတ္ စက္႐ံု။ မိလႅာသန္႔စင္႐ံု။ ေခ်းစက္။

Examples

  1. ‘In fact
  2. sewage had seeped into the town's water supplies and contaminated the water.’
  3. ‘A spokeswoman for Wessex Water said there was no choice but to pump diluted sewage into rivers.’
  4. ‘A court directive to stop letting sewage into the storm water drain is not yet enforced.’
  5. ‘Homeowners whose gardens were flooded with raw sewage are still waiting for the waste to be cleared up.’
  6. ‘The problem of piped water and sewage disposal in the UK was solved over 150 years ago.’
  7. ‘Usually the water mixes with the raw sewage
  8. clogging up the drainage system.’
  9. ‘The survey of the area revealed sewage contamination of the drinking water supply.’
  10. ‘One pipe had been blocked by fat from the kitchens
  11. forcing raw sewage into the water course.’
  12. ‘Who would eat something that has spent its life treading water around sewage outlets?’
  13. ‘Power is produced by fermenting raw sewage at the new Bournemouth treatment works.’
  14. ‘It was also delivering water to the camp
  15. where many mains and sewage pipes are broken.’
  16. ‘The order arose after many of the wells were found to be contaminated with human sewage.’
  17. ‘The water manages to get into the sewage system causing the waste to surge up out of the manholes.’
  18. ‘We want guarantees of investment in transport links
  19. sewage treatment and water supply.’
  20. ‘The lake has now become a dumping ground for the city's sewage and industrial waste.’
  21. ‘There the experts were noting that farm drugs are turning up increasingly in sewage and ground water.’
  22. ‘One of the main concerns about the plan centred on the inadequacy of the current sewage system.’
  23. ‘When it rains
  24. the water carries sewage with it into the lake
  25. polluting the water.’
  26. ‘She wrinkled her nose in disgust as she climbed out of her car and was hit with the stench of sewage and garbage.’
  27. ‘It has no paved roads
  28. no sewage treatment system and no landline telephones.’