NOUN
- facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage
How To Use sewer system In A Sentence
- A sewer system make your eyes bug out.
- They both found a manhole cover and climbed back down into the sewer system.
- That's if you managed to get into the sewer system at all. Times, Sunday Times
- The sewer system had a very low ceiling and much of the path was taken up by a stream of thick, black sludge that oozed sickeningly towards some central point.
- The disposal costs could include a one-time charge to dump the water permanently into the sewer system.
- One of the big problems now facing the industry is sporadic discharges when the sewer system is unable to cope with heavy rain and sewage. Times, Sunday Times
- The sewer system runs from west London to east, on a downward tilt. Times, Sunday Times
- Whether mislabeled "flushable" or not, the county's utilities division is targeting them in a new campaign to keep them out of sewer systems. Auburn Journal - Top Stories
- They said Ottawa has made some positive financial decisions, but cities still face the need to upgrade aging roads, bridges, and water and sewer systems while remaining dependent on property tax revenue, which they called regressive and inadequate. Top Stories - Google News
- I was filming in the city 's vast sewer system for three weeks. Times, Sunday Times