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sewerage

(suːərɪdʒ)
uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun]
Sewerage is the system by which waste matter is carried away in sewers and made harmless.
The town has already put in a proper sewerage system.
...without access to any services such as water or sewerage.

sewerage in British English

(ˈsuːərɪdʒ)
noun
1. 
an arrangement of sewers
2. 
the removal of surface water or sewage by means of sewers
3.  another word for sewage

sewerage in American English

(ˈsuərɪdʒ)
noun
1. 
removal of surface water and waste matter by sewers
2. 
a system of sewers
3. 
sewage

Examples of 'sewerage' in a sentence
sewerage

The agency wants more to be spent improving urban drainage and sewerage systems.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is one of the largest cities in the world without a proper sewerage system.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It has no sewerage system and no electricity.
The Sun (2013)
They do complain that they still have limited electricity supplies, jobs are scarce and the sewerage system is dire.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is no sewerage system.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You pay for one sewerage system and one mixer,' he said.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
HIS underground sewerage system stopped London stinking in the 1800s.
The Sun (2010)
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