sewer system

collocation in English

meaningsofsewerandsystem

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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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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofsewerandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The streets are of dirt, the electrical power is weak and there is no natural gas,sewersystem, public lighting or garbage service.
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This energy can be recovered by a heat pump in combination with a heat exchanger installed in thesewersystem.
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When this variable was recoded into (1)sewersystemand (2) others, its effects were no longer significant.
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I would like to acquaint you with some of the potential benefits of connecting to the centralizedsewersystem.
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One factor, which did change over the time-scale, was continuing maintenance of and repairs/improvements to thesewersystemwhich may be mechanically decreasing the rat-carrying capacity of the system.
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Its hero performed an extreme act in taking a public health initiative and blowing up a defectivesewersystem.
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The volume and the capacity of thesewersystemare unknown.
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The efficient use of water would also embrace re-use or recycling before water is discharged into thesewersystemwhere such methods are economic.
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There are between 50 and 60 collapses of thesewersystemevery week in the country as a whole.
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An interlocking issue is thesewersystemwhich, in many areas, is decades old—sometimes 100 years old.
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For several years, members of the public have been encouraged to return unwanted medicines to community pharmacies for disposal, rather than adding them to household waste or thesewersystem.
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The city also suffers from water pollution as thesewersystemtends to fail and overflow.
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It also financed expansion of city's infrastructure and creation of modernsewersystem.
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The cause was traced back to chemical releases into thesewersystemfrom a nearby manufacturing plant.
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Development was hampered for years due to a lack of city water andsewersystem.
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The project was delayed to accommodate replacing thesewersystemunder the roadway at the same time as the streetscaping.
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Jeod finds information on the entrance to asewersystemthat was never completed under the city.
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Bessemer also operates its own water andsewersystem.
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A leak from a bacteriological facility contaminated the citysewersystem.
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