sewer

Example Sentences

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Oakwood also doesn’t have the sewer and water capacity for a 9,000-person detention center, said White.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Scottish Water announced in January that water and sewer rates would go up 8.67% from April.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

The company also manufactured asbestos-cement pipe from 1983 to 1988 used by municipal water systems, sewer systems and other customers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

In New York, excavators scooped piles of snow into steaming orange trailers known as "hot tubs," which send the meltwater down into the city's sewer system.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

“We think sewer gas is backing up into our house because of the lack of water,” she tells me.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman