septic tank
Example Sentences
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At one point, the cave faced a potential threat when someone attempted to develop the land and convert the cave into a septic tank.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
The science shows the pollution problem in Lough Neagh comes largely from agriculture, with some from wastewater processing, septic tank seepage and industrial pollution around the shores.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
During one of our conversations, Carter choked up when he told of completing a house for a woman and her family who had been living in an abandoned septic tank.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024
Firefighters rescued a woman who fell about 25 feet into an out-of-use septic tank in Fontana on Thursday morning, authorities announced, adding that she was conscious throughout the ordeal.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024
We did our summons after dark, at a twenty-foot-long pit in front of the septic tank.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
