A suspension of liquid and solid waste, and water runoff, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed
Sewage is the waste water that comes from homes and industry It contains vast amounts of water and a diversity of organic and inorganic matter, such as detergents, pharmaceuticals, petroleum-based oil, heavy metals and pesticides It also contains viruses, protozoa, many of which are pathogenic (disease-causing)
the liquid wastes of a community, including toilet wastes, sullage, trade wastes May include stormwater infiltration
Sewage is waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories, which flows away through sewers. the MPs' call for more treatment of raw sewage. the mixture of waste from the human body and used water that is carried away from houses by pipes under the ground (sewer)
liquid waste matter from domestic or industrial source that is carried in sewers or drains (sewerage) to a sewage treatment works (STW)
Liquid or waterborne wastes polluted or fouled from households, commercial or industrial operations, along with any surface water, storm water or groundwater infiltration
The used water and solids that flow from homes through sewers to a wastewater treatment plant The preferred term is wastewater