Sewer vs. Sewerage

Sewernoun

A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

Sewernoun

A servant attending at a meal who is responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes, etc.

Sewernoun

One who sews.

Sewernoun

A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.

Sewerverb

(transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.

Sewernoun

One who sews, or stitches.

Sewernoun

A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)

Sewernoun

A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.

Sewernoun

Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.

Sewernoun

a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

Sewernoun

someone who sews;

Sewernoun

misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;

Seweragenoun

A sewer system.

Seweragenoun

misspelling of sewage

Seweragenoun

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

Seweragenoun

The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.

Seweragenoun

The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers.

Seweragenoun

waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

Seweragenoun

a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

Seweragenoun

the provision of drainage by sewers

Seweragenoun

another term for sewage

Sewerage

Sewerage (or sewage system) is the infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff (stormwater, meltwater, rainwater) using sewers. It encompasses components such as receiving drains, manholes, pumping stations, storm overflows, and screening chambers of the combined sewer or sanitary sewer.