A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.
An underground system of conduits (pipes and/or tunnels) that collect and transport wastewaters and/or runoff; gravity sewers carry free-flowing water and wastes; pressurized sewers carry pumped wastewaters under pressure.
A channel for receiving the drainage of house drains and streets
A channel or conduit that carries wastewater or stormwater runoff from the source to a treatment plant or receiving stream. Sanitary sewers carry household, industrial, and commercial wastewater. Storm sewers carry runoff from rain or snow. Combined sewers carry both kinds of water.
an artificial underground pipe to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall) Minnehaha: Point-Source Pollution
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
a conduit for conveying wastewater either sanitary, industrial, or storm
a general term denoting a system for controlling the flow of non-potable waters
an excavation by means of which filth is carried away
an underground passage foi the conveyance of water, human excreta, and fluid or half-fluid refuse emptied into it by the smaller drains from houses, factories, and streets
a pipe that carries either foul water or surface water from more than one house
a pipe that carries water from two or more properties that are connected on to it
a pipe that takes away water from the toilet for treatment
a pipe, which conveys either foul water or surface water from more than one house
A public or private system set up to handle the black and gray water from home use. The city of Sedona has a public sewer system that serves some, but not all homes and lots. There may be a hook up fee involved when building a new home to connect to the sewer system. It is advisable prior to the purchase of a lot or land to verify that the sewer connection is to the lot line. You, a real estate professional or the title company can do verification. Some existing homes in Sedona have prepaid the City of Sedona hookup fee.
A pipeline used to transport sewage to a treatment facility.
A system of pipes, usually underground, that carries wastewater and/or stormwater runoff from the source to a treatment plant or receiving body of water. Sanitary sewers carry household, industrial, and commercial waste; storm sewers carry runoff from rain and melting snow; combined sewers are used for both purposes.
The system of pipes that carries wastewater from homes and businesses to a treatment plant or reclamation plant. Sewers are separate from storm drains, which is a system of drains and pipes that carry rain water from urban streets back to the ocean. Overwatering your yard can also cause water to run into the streets and into storm drains. Storm drain water is not treated before it is discharged.
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater. Not to be confused with drain pipes which carry untreated runoff water to nearby waterways to reduce flooding of pavements.
a channel or conduit that carries wastewater and storm water runoff from the source to a treatment plant or receiving stream. "Sanitary" sewers carry household, industrial, and commercial waste. "Storm" sewers carry runoff from rain or snow. "Combined" sewers handle both. Sewers are also categorized by the flow they carry, e.g. collector, interceptor and trunk.
A system of pipes, containment and treatment facilities for the disposal of plumbing wastes.
A pipe which carries sewage to the treatment plant
A system of pipes for carrying away storm runoff, waste water, or sewage to a municipal processing plant.
a system of underground pipes that collect and deliver wastewater to treatment facilities or streams.
A pipe or channel taking domestic foul and/or surface water from buildings and associated paths and hardstandings from two or more curtilages and having a proper outfall.
A pipe that transports wastewater (used water) in a sewer system.
"Sewer" means an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying ofE waste water and refuse. Subp. 98. Slope. See "grade."
Channel or conduit that carries wastewater, sewage and storm water from their source to a treatment plant or receiving stream. A sanitary sewer conveys household and commercial wastes, a storm sewer transports rain run-off and a combined sewer is used for both purposes.
