sewer

Example Sentences

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So far, the county has funded technical planning for the sewer expansion, but environmental reviews, feasibility studies and securing resident permissions — as many of the affected streets are private — have not been completed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

“We were fighting not only for sewer, potholes and police protection but for self-determination and empowerment of our community,” Martinez de Vara wrote in a firsthand account of the incorporation campaign.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

The government is seeking unspecified damages and to require the utility to develop an enhanced operations and maintenance plan for its sewer lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The state government established what was called a “concurrency doctrine,” instituting strict requirements for infrastructure development—water, sewer, schooling—that had to be established before construction permits were granted.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

There is Benny, for example, a short, tight-muscled sewer repairman who cannot even think of eating until he has absorbed a half hour of air-conditioning and ice water.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich