sewage disposal
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- noun
- /ˈsuːɪdʒ dɪsˈpoʊzəl/
- NSFW
:
eliminación de aguas residuales
- Proper sewage disposal is essential for maintaining public health in urban areas.
- sewage disposal system
- onsite sewage disposal
- sewage disposal sites
Examples
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On-lot systems represent approximately 70% of the total number of home sewage disposal systems present in the seven-county area.
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The property owner installed a water supply line and sewage disposal system.
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Basic amenities are essentially lacking in the area, and there are no proper sewage disposal systems in most of the communities.
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A few weeks after they'd occupied the house, the sewage disposal system failed.
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Sanitation in the village is extremely poor, with outhouses in individual yards being the sewage disposal sites.
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However, governments would lack the funds to extend piped water and sewage disposal to newcomers.
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The prospective homebuyers asked the county board of health to inspect the sewage disposal system.
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The state statute did not require the authority to maintain and repair on-site sewage disposal systems, but did allow it to enter into agreements concerning on-site systems.
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The town is upgrading its sewage disposal system to prevent contamination of the local water supply.
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Many older homes lack modern sewage disposal systems, leading to environmental concerns.
Synonyms
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Keeping places clean and removing waste to prevent disease
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'sewage' (liquid waste) plus 'disposal' (the process of removing or eliminating). This straightforward noun+noun compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Sewage disposal creates a simple image: sewage is the dirty water and waste from houses and disposal means 'getting rid of' it, so the phrase refers to the process or system that removes and cleans this waste.