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septic tank

noun as in system for sewage disposal

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Meanwhile, pipes were installed to transition homeowners from septic tanks to a municipal wastewater system, eliminating risks of septic failure that could be environmentally and financially catastrophic.

Yet there was no money for even a conventional septic tank, let alone an engineered system.

More than 500 respondents described trouble with their systems, even those who were connected to municipal sewers or had septic tanks that were permitted by the state.

About two-thirds relied on septic tanks, and about 10 percent of homes had no waste treatment system at all.

Sandy Oliver, a volunteer who had worked on the survey, struggled with her own septic tank.

Reports that the bodies of the children had been ‘dumped’ in a septic tank have, however, proved to be wide of the mark.

The action that goes on within a septic tank will only dissolve paper of tissue grade.

The latter with its two chambers is really a variety of the septic tank itself.

Septic tank tops are made of reinforced concrete with manhole openings.

Generally speaking, the final discharge of liquid from a septic tank that is properly constructed is inoffensive and harmless.

Supplying water under pressure in the farmhouse demands a septic tank to get rid of the waste.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to septic tank, such as: cesspool, sewer, catchbasin, cesspit, septic system, and sewage-disposal tank.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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