: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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Maryland has made great strides in restoring underwater grasses in the Upper Bay, but inflows of raw sewage have to be hampering that progress.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
Questions mixed in the air with the smells of sewage and dust kicked up by bulldozers.
—New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Thames Tideway Tunnel Thanks to the new system, the equivalent of 2,200 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sewage has been prevented from entering the river, to date.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2025
This can occur when a sewage spill impacts ocean waters.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
Questions mixed in the air with the smells of sewage and dust kicked up by bulldozers.
—New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Thames Tideway Tunnel Thanks to the new system, the equivalent of 2,200 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sewage has been prevented from entering the river, to date.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2025
This can occur when a sewage spill impacts ocean waters.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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sewage
noun
sew·age
ˈsü-ij 
: waste materials carried off by sewers
Medical Definition
sewage
noun
sew·age
ˈsü-ij
: refuse liquids or waste matter carried off by sewers
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