sewage
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They are in traffic lights, sewage pumps and power grids—woven throughout each country’s critical infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Of the 29,000-gallon total spill volume, 15,000 gallons of sewage was recovered, and 14,000 gallons was discharged to the ocean, the city said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Neither book argues for a return to the olfactory world of the past, and surely nobody wants streets where sewage runs in the gutters and rivers are fouled by industrial waste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
It said it had performed "significantly below target" for sewage pollution incidents for the 15th year in a row.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
There was the threat of fire and weather and disease: Already foreign editors were asking who would dare attend the exposition given Chicago’s notorious problems with sewage.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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