sewage
Example Sentences
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Flu levels are high in San Francisco’s sewage as well as in wastewater across San José, Sunnyvale and Palo Alto, according to WastewaterSCAN and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department.
From Los Angeles Times
Today, much of that material ends up in the sewage sludge produced at wastewater treatment plants.
From Science Daily
Such systems can harvest heat from bodies of water or even wastewater from sewage treatment plants.
From BBC
“There are pools of water everywhere, sewage overflowing,” Khalaf, 29 years old, said.
Out of the 449 sites regularly tested this summer, 93% met minimum standards for levels of bacteria in the water, linked to sewage spills, agricultural pollution and other factors.
From BBC
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