sewerage
pronunciation
How to pronounce sewerage in British English:
UK [ˈsu:ərɪdʒ]
How to pronounce sewerage in American English:
US [ˈsuərɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
- a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
Word Origin
- sewerage (n.)
- 1832, from sewer (n.1) + -age.
Example
- 1. Almost half of them lack sewerage connections .
- 2. They also took over responsibility from the state-run zimbabwe national water authority for delivering disease-free water and repairing collapsed sewerage pipes .
- 3. We were told about plug-in hybrids , intercity fast rail and new water and sewerage plants to replace the crumbling infrastructure .
- 4. Joe parisi , who runs dane county , says these have spurred the county into working on new measures with the madison metropolitan sewerage district .
- 5. Usually , water pricing simply means that city dwellers pay for the cost of the pipes that transport it and the sewerage plants that clean it .