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noun

Sewerage n.

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.

The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers. (In this sense sewage is preferable and common)

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Etymology of 'Sewerage'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sewerage" Quotes from Famous Books

... some distance, assailed by the smell of its mud and rotting sewerage, twisting and turning deeper into the darkness, past dogs and chattering coolies and oil lamps and gaming-house doors. Into one of these gaming houses he turned, passing through the blackwood sliding door and climbing the narrow stairway to the floor ...

— Never-Fail Blake • Arthur Stringer

... every local eruption. Every time he batted he made a home run. He even made initiative suggestions for schemes which were more or less amalgamated with reason and insanity. It is said that he was first at the dances, and first in the hearts of the ladies. It is certain he was the first to invent the sewerage system idea; and the patents were applied for before the final endorsements ...

— Skookum Chuck Fables - Bits of History, Through the Microscope • Skookum Chuck (pseud for R.D. Cumming)

... an increased co-operation among the numerous agencies of philanthropy and reform. The most obvious evils and those that seem capable of solution will be attacked first. Intelligent public opinion will not tolerate the continued existence of curable ills. Pure water, adequate sewerage, light, and air, and sanitary conveniences in every home will be required everywhere. Community physicians and nurses will be under municipal appointment to see that health conditions are maintained, and to instruct city families how to live properly. ...

— Society - Its Origin and Development • Henry Kalloch Rowe

... instance somewhat at length, because it was the first, as it is the most complete, that has come to my notice. In other places, more serious work of improvement has been undertaken in the direction of sewerage, gas-lighting, &c. In fact, the present writing was suggested by frequent requests for information and advice on the more practical parts of ...

— Village Improvements and Farm Villages • George E. Waring

... etc., required in the installation of an exhibit, must be provided at the expense of the exhibitor, and all countershafts, steam pulleys, belting, etc., and all compressed-air connections, and all water and sewerage connections must be paid for by the person applying ...

— Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission • Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

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