From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishseweragesew‧er‧age /ˈsjuːərɪdʒ, ˈsuː- $ ˈsuː-/ noun [uncountable] TECthe system by which waste material and used water are carried away in sewers and then treated to stop them being harmful
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sewerage• Homes worth more than £212,000 will be charged a tax of £792, plus £162 for water and sewerage.• Then add on the local charge for sewerage disposal.• A modern sewerage works was built at Tudhoe Village.• Decorations Typically in these places there was no sewerage, cholera was rampant.• Ayia Marina has already put in a proper sewerage system.• The problem is exacerbated because only 56 % of households have no proper sewerage connections.• The choice of land disposal marks a change of heart for Strathclyde's sewerage director, Prof Tom Anderson.• Engineers now realise that sewerage can not be technically viable without a large domestic water supply. 