combined sewer

collocation in English

meaningsofalliedandsewer

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allied
adjective
uk
/ˈæl.aɪd/us
/ˈæl.aɪd/
connected by a political or ...
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sewer
noun[C]
uk
/sʊər/us
/ˈsuː.ɚ/
a large pipe, usually underground, that is used for carrying waste water and human waste away from buildings to a place where they can be safely got ...
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(Definition ofalliedandsewerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Infiltration into sewers therefore has an insignificant bearing on such issues as sewage treatment, the operation ofcombinedseweroverflows and flooding from sewers.
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The siting ofcombinedseweroverflow tanks is subject to local authority planning development control.
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Priority was given to tackling failures to meet mandatory water quality standards and to reducing aesthetic problems resulting from unsanitary and unsightly debris left whencombinedseweroverflows operate.
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Sewerage systems capable of handling storm water are known ascombinedsewersystems.
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Acombinedsewercarries both domestic sewage and stormwater.
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When constructed,combinedsewersystems were typically sized to carry three to five times the average dry weather flows.
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Combinedsewersystems are designed to transport both stormwater runoff and sewage in the same pipe.
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Urban streams are often polluted by urban runoff andcombinedseweroutflows.
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Combinedsewersystems use the same pipes for conveying stormwater and wastewater.
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It encompasses components such as receiving drains, manholes, pumping stations, storm overflows, and screening chambers of thecombinedseweror sanitary sewer.
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This is known as acombinedsewersystem.
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Municipal wastewater is usually conveyed in acombinedseweror sanitary sewer, and treated at a wastewater treatment plant.
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Water quality is further reduced by the use ofcombinedseweroverflow systems, in which storm water and raw sewage share pipes.
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After heavy rainfall, however, combined sewers commonly dump untreated sewage into area rivers and tributaries without treatment, in an event called acombinedseweroverflow.
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Divertingcombinedseweroverflows to waterways is an emergency measure to prevent sewage backups into basements.
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This, along with largecombinedseweroverflows along the river, has resulted in highly contaminated sediments and impaired water quality.
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Overflow frequency and duration varies both from system to system, and from outfall to outfall, within a singlecombinedsewersystem.
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Eligible projects include green roofs, rooftop farms, and rainwater harvesting on private property incombinedsewerareas.
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A combination of public and private initiatives helped dramatically lower levels of pollutants by focusing on eliminatingcombinedseweroverflows and storm water runoff.
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Combined sewers can cause serious water pollution problems due tocombinedseweroverflows, which are caused by large variations in flow between dry and wet weather.
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