septic tank
noun
: a tank in which the solid matter of continuously flowing sewage is disintegrated by bacteria
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There was already electricity, water and a septic tank.
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Water from sewage and septic tanks can accidentally enter bodies of freshwater due to inadequate water treatment, corroded infrastructure, storm water runoff, and accidents.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
Glory be to god for septic tanks, drainage pipes:
for conversions thermodynamic and of the soul.
—Virginia Konchan, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
The human digestive tract was, by Lane’s estimation, the biological equivalent of the household drainage system: with the stomach as the toilet bowl, the small intestine the drainpipe and the large bowel the septic tank.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Water from sewage and septic tanks can accidentally enter bodies of freshwater due to inadequate water treatment, corroded infrastructure, storm water runoff, and accidents.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
Glory be to god for septic tanks, drainage pipes:
for conversions thermodynamic and of the soul.
—Virginia Konchan, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
The human digestive tract was, by Lane’s estimation, the biological equivalent of the household drainage system: with the stomach as the toilet bowl, the small intestine the drainpipe and the large bowel the septic tank.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Septic tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/septic%20tank. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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