sewage

Example Sentences

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The impacts on wildlife and people are particularly acute when there is dry spilling i.e. sewage is released when it has not been raining.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

So with less rain there are fewer sewage releases.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

In 2024, leading scientists including Prof Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, published a report warning that sewage entering our waterways was putting the public in danger.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

With no rainwater to dilute the sewage it is particularly concentrated - this is an illegal practice.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

As I waited for the dizziness to go away, I noticed a dark, powdery tracing on the concrete slab under the sewage tank—something so small that the pollution inspectors might never have noticed.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen