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for sewerage
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Sewerage \Sew"er*age\, n.
1. The construction of a sewer or sewers.
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2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general
drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.
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3. The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers. [In
this sense sewage is preferable and common.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
sewerage
n 1: waste matter carried away in sewers or drains [syn:
sewage, sewerage]
2: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn:
sewer, sewerage, cloaca]
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