septic tank
Example Sentences
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Decommissioning his old cesspool and buying the new septic tank already cost almost $10,000, he said, and installation and testing could easily triple that.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
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
Tougher controls over the spreading of sewage and septic tank sludge to land as fertiliser in farming are also proposed, as are limits on using digestate from anaerobic digestion plants.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
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
