SEWAGE


Meaning of SEWAGE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a sewer/sewage pipe (= for removing waste from the human body )

sewage disposal (= getting rid of waste water and waste products from toilets etc )

The city invested thousands in improved sewage disposal.

sewage works

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

raw

Cardigan Bay, once famed for its dolphins, is now polluted with raw sewage and animal wastes.

Or would he perhaps look upon a clear mountain stream and complain about the absence of raw sewage or Industrial effluents?

A further 300 tonnes of fish were suffocated in May, when raw sewage flooded into the river after a storm.

Charvat said that before his arrival, the plant secretly dumped millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Ohio River.

Grants and available technology shall be provided for the avoidance of the crazy Victorian idea of pumping raw sewage out to sea.

The resort has been accused of dumping raw sewage in the lake at least four times in the last three years.

Domestic and industrial waste, discharged oil and millions of gallons of raw sewage are flushed into the sea every day.

All around, thousands of their compatriots waited in pitiful food queues as the stench of raw sewage hung over Trnopolje.

untreated

Used Sanpro products also pose a threat to public health as untreated sewage in our coastal waters.

In extreme wet weather, it allows untreated and unscreened sewage to escape to the River Forth.

■ NOUN

disposal

Not surprisingly, these sites usually lack a water supply and provision for sewage disposal .

Examples would include the provision and maintenance of fences, roads, drains, sewers and private sewage disposal works.

Smog and acid rain, water pollution and sewage disposal , dams and river-flows will become ever more contentious issues.

A survey will be carried out of sewage disposal systems and it is highly likely that major expenditure will be necessary.

outfall

The research began after the discovery of hermaphrodite carp next to a large sewage outfall .

At low tide, the sewage outfall at Porthleven harbour can be seen depositing thick sludge into the sea.

plant

Scores of sewage plants along the Chesapeake's tributaries are disgorging nitrogen and phosphorus, natural products of biological sewage treatment.

Should we close down sewage plants because they are not absolutely perfectly clean?

pollution

He's certain it's caused by sewage pollution .

But it took the problem of cross- border sewage pollution to really drive the point home.

It found an increase of symptoms of sewage pollution among the 455 children who had swum in the sea.

According to the Society, the major health hazard is still sewage pollution .

sludge

Material suitable for deep sea dumping included sewage sludge , industrial waste, and toxic ashes left after the incineration of garbage.

Fully-digested sewage sludge is also used, with considerable success.

So within the supermarkets' own quality assurance schemes, sewage sludge is likely to be ruled out.

Given the power of the supermarkets, the widespread use of sewage sludge as fertiliser looks unlikely.

Listeria occurs in large amounts in the sewage sludge which is spread on farmland.

From 1942 to 1961, two consecutive fields were treated variously with farmyard manure, fertilizers and sewage sludge .

Over a quarter of Britain's 3.5 million wet tonnes of sewage sludge is dumped at sea.

The Clivus Multrum had been charged with a mixture of softwood shavings and activated sewage sludge supplied by Southern Water.

system

Voice over Urbanisation has also put pressure on the sewage system .

There is a sewage system , hand-dug, which replaced the open trenches that ran through the camp until recently.

The sewage system used in the autonomous house comprises two toilets and a composting tank.

But sewage systems are not the only non-potable water systems cross-connected to the potable water supply.

Even waste water from water changes is not allowed to go into our sewage system during this period.

The action follows incidents in which severe wet weather caused the local sewage system to overflow into gardens in the town.

In many regions, industry is permitted to connect up to the domestic sewage system to discharge its toxic waste.

There were reports of fuel cuts and a breakdown of the water and sewage systems in Stepanakert.

treatment

Those beaches which benefit from improved sewage treatment systems, such as Hunstanton in Norfolk, are praised for their water quality.

It consists of stripping these compounds out at sewage treatment works.

Demonstrating the cleaning powers of modern sewage treatment plants is something of an obsession for those who work there.

Translated into reality, it means a self-contained sewage treatment garden plant and a haven for Britain's natural flora.

Nearly half its people live without public services such as a sewage treatment system.

The owner says the problem is caused by a Severn trent sewage treatment plant half a mile upstream.

It cooed about sewage treatment , environmental improvements and coastal waters.

works

The residue, a carbon-based char, can be used instead of activated carbon in, for instance, sewage works .

Once there, turn left to the sewage works .

At present, sewage works must ensure that effluent meets the required standards of cleanliness for 95 percent of any 12 month period.

Ocker Hill Power Station with two prominent chimneys, a sewage works and a canal surface with oil and floating debris.

Of greater concern was the decline in quality resulting from the increased inputs of pollutants by sewage works and industrial plants.

Producing methane gas from landfill sites, sewage works and organic wastes is another extremely practical use of resources.

The water companies will have to improve the performance of their sewage works or risk other claims.

Phosphates in the water, from agricultural run-off and discharge from sewage works , provide nutrients on which the algae thrive.

■ VERB

dump

The resort has been accused of dumping raw sewage in the lake at least four times in the last three years.

pump

Grants and available technology shall be provided for the avoidance of the crazy Victorian idea of pumping raw sewage out to sea.

The plant, due to open in 1995, will pump treated sewage further offshore into Cape Cod Bay.

treat

Directions: Keep the bowl full by adding treated sewage as needed.

work

The commission wants Britain to build sewage works at the seaside to treat bacteria before it is pumped into the sea.

Farms in the South-West region and sewage works in the North-West and Midlands were among the main offenders.

I accept that on the River Creedy the foam comes from effluent discharged from the three sewage treatment works upstream.

Instead they saw the effects of a broken down sewage works , destroyed in the Gulf War.

The group hopes to be informed of the results of dye tests on the sewage works effluent.

The confusion arose because of sewage drainage works at the station car park.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a sewage treatment plant

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Charvat said that before his arrival, the plant secretly dumped millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Ohio River.

It consists of stripping these compounds out at sewage treatment works.

Recycled water can never be legally considered sewage .

Smog and acid rain, water pollution and sewage disposal, dams and river-flows will become ever more contentious issues.

The decision to opt for sewage composting was made largely in order to reduce the need for water for flushing the toilet.

The plant, due to open in 1995, will pump treated sewage further offshore into Cape Cod Bay.

There are no paved streets, sewage , electricity or water services.

Underneath, faintly, was the stench of sewage .

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