Sanitation Engineering Terms

noun waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

• The sewage treatment plant is responsible for processing and treating wastewater before it is released back into the environment.
• I can smell sewage coming from the drains near my house, it's really unpleasant.
• The sewage system in this area is totally messed up, it's causing a lot of issues for the residents.
• The hatred between the two families ran deep, like sewage flowing through the streets.

noun a large mass of solid waste, grease, and other materials that clog sewers

• The city workers had to remove a massive fatberg from the sewer system.
• I can't believe how big that fatberg was in the drain!
• Ew, there's a gross fatberg clogging up the pipes.
• The accumulation of lies and deceit in the organization was like a fatberg slowly growing and causing problems.