noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sewer/sewage pipe (= for removing waste from the human body )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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He drove out on to Mount Pleasant and was stopped at the temporary lights where the new sewer pipe was going in.
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The cost of a new sewer treatment plant?
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Immediately outside they're building a major new sewer .
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So state regulators are imposing a moratorium on new sewer hookups.
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To cope with the demands of the growing city population attracted by the new prosperity, sewers were built.
open
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Drainage was poor with open sewers and gutters.
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For centuries, infants provided the poliovirus a steady supply of hosts, and open sewers delivered the disease to them.
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Incidentally Cocker Beck is like an open sewer in many places and this also should be dealt with.
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Some of the canals we crossed smelled like open sewers , and the odor would just about knock you out.
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Across the square ran the open sewer of the village.
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The Tees is much improved now, but then it was virtually an open sewer .
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The notary gave Broussac a vigorous shove which sent my companion sprawling into the open sewer .
■ NOUN
system
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What enthusiasts often overlook is that western communities do not always depend on sewer systems .
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Each region has integrated needs-for public transit, for water and sewer systems , for solid waste treatment, for economic development.
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Until church members complete a sewer system , they have been forbidden to use their newly hewn bomb shelters.
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A sewer system make your eyes bug out.
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Engineers looking at flood defences and modelling catchments, sewer systems and watercourses, have to take many factors into consideration.
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As a temporary fix, the port in April began dumping the water into the city sewer system .
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London owes much of its rat problems to the poorly maintained sewer systems .
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The group wanted a sewer system built and the moratorium lifted.
■ VERB
connect
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This system can be upgraded when more money and/or water is available by connecting the sewers or installing a cistern-flush toilet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As well as keeping the pipes clear, the gangs are learning to avoid accidentally connecting sewers to water pipes.
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He kept a watch for sewer rats.
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If they are all full, the blockage is between the last inspection chamber and the main sewer .
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The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality took the city to court for violating an agreement not to make any more sewer hookups.
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The spill occurred at a sewer line on Toyon Road in Mission Valley about 7 a.m. and was fixed by 10.
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The trailers do not have sewer connections and residents are supposed to use resort or park bathrooms.
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Today's sewers are built with an expected life of 60 years.
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We can no longer treat the atmosphere above us like a dustbin, and the seas around us like a sewer .