Sewer
noun
A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
The city is investing millions into upgrading its sewer system.
Often appears as...
- sewer system
- sewer pipe
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Technical
noun
A person who sews.
She is a skilled sewer and has made many beautiful garments.
Often appears as...
- skilled sewer
- professional sewer
noun
A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
The city is investing millions into upgrading its sewer system.
Often appears as...
- sewer system
- sewer pipe
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who sews.
She is a skilled sewer and has made many beautiful garments.
Often appears as...
- skilled sewer
- professional sewer
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Infrastructure
Used when discussing city planning, sanitation, or infrastructure.
The new development project includes a modern sewer to prevent flooding.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Impact
May involve discussions around pollution and the environment.
The broken sewer caused contamination in the local river.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Health
Relates to community health as sewers dispose of waste to prevent disease.
The city's health improved after the sewer system was upgraded.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Infrastructure
Used when discussing city planning, sanitation, or infrastructure.
The new development project includes a modern sewer to prevent flooding.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Impact
May involve discussions around pollution and the environment.
The broken sewer caused contamination in the local river.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Health
Relates to community health as sewers dispose of waste to prevent disease.
The city's health improved after the sewer system was upgraded.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Infrastructure
Used when discussing city planning, sanitation, or infrastructure.
The new development project includes a modern sewer to prevent flooding.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Impact
May involve discussions around pollution and the environment.
The broken sewer caused contamination in the local river.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Health
Relates to community health as sewers dispose of waste to prevent disease.
The city's health improved after the sewer system was upgraded.
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Go Ahead, Dream About...
on the way to another two or three decades of healthy, active life. Maybe the toilet of the future that I mentioned will improve health outcomes for a lot of people, including people in parts of the world where they don't have these complicated sewer systems that I mentioned.
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Jonathan Trent: Energy...
of sewer pipes under the city already, and it releases its waste water offshore. So different cities around the world treat their waste water differently. Some cities process it. Some cities just release the water. But in all cases, the water that's released is
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How one person saved...
on the pretense of checking for typhus outbreaks. At first, her group worked to smuggle in resources with the help of sympathetic Polish officials and the medical underground. But as desperate parents began sending their children through sewers and over walls,
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Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
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Sewer Diver Loves His...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
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Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
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Why We Need To Talk Shit...
the corresponding bill in a city without any sewer system at all with people unable to relate to the problem unmoved to solve it or overwhelmed by its magnitude progress is stagnant half the world's population has been left
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Rose George: Let's talk...
All we really need to do is look at this issue as the urgent, shameful issue that it is. And don't think that it's just in the poor world that things are wrong. Our sewers are crumbling. Things are going wrong here too.
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Discovering Wildlife in...
Beautiful! So they're not actually super rare, but because they only tend to live in dark, damp locations, We don't really see them very often. So places like caves. Hence, the name, also sewers. and apparently crypts.
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Sewer Power PIPE National...
oxygenated microbes have devoured all the remaining organic material in the wastewater thanks to diligence and innovation one of the largest sewer systems in the world is staying ahead of
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Go Ahead, Dream About...
on the way to another two or three decades of healthy, active life. Maybe the toilet of the future that I mentioned will improve health outcomes for a lot of people, including people in parts of the world where they don't have these complicated sewer systems that I mentioned.
Video examples
Jonathan Trent: Energy...
of sewer pipes under the city already, and it releases its waste water offshore. So different cities around the world treat their waste water differently. Some cities process it. Some cities just release the water. But in all cases, the water that's released is
Video examples
How one person saved...
on the pretense of checking for typhus outbreaks. At first, her group worked to smuggle in resources with the help of sympathetic Polish officials and the medical underground. But as desperate parents began sending their children through sewers and over walls,
Video examples
Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
Video examples
Sewer Diver Loves His...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
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Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
Video examples
Why We Need To Talk Shit...
the corresponding bill in a city without any sewer system at all with people unable to relate to the problem unmoved to solve it or overwhelmed by its magnitude progress is stagnant half the world's population has been left
Video examples
Rose George: Let's talk...
All we really need to do is look at this issue as the urgent, shameful issue that it is. And don't think that it's just in the poor world that things are wrong. Our sewers are crumbling. Things are going wrong here too.
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
Beautiful! So they're not actually super rare, but because they only tend to live in dark, damp locations, We don't really see them very often. So places like caves. Hence, the name, also sewers. and apparently crypts.
Video examples
Sewer Power PIPE National...
oxygenated microbes have devoured all the remaining organic material in the wastewater thanks to diligence and innovation one of the largest sewer systems in the world is staying ahead of
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Michael Capuano
American Politician
When I say infrastructure it's not just roads and bridges and subways - it's also housing. It's also schools and fire departments and water departments and sewer departments. That's all infrastructure and it's all important. Little by little this country is crumbling and everyone knows it.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
I started out printing silk screen t-shirts. I sold ink pens. I worked construction. I worked at a gas station. I pumped gas. I was a mechanic for a little bit. I went into sewers, down into sewer lines. I had a lot of somewhat unpleasant gigs for a time there.
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Pete Buttigieg
American Politician
Like public surface in general, sewers are unbelievably important. They're so important that we make sure they work basically all of the time. Which is why you never think of them - that's kind of the point.
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Norman Foster
British Architect
Joseph Bazalgette created a sewer system which he originally sized for London's needs of the time - he then doubled it to anticipate the future beyond. These are the qualities that I admire.
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Gordon Gee
American Educator
I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.
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Theo Van Gogh
Dutch Director
As soon as you sit down to write about something you are pressing your nose deeper into the sewer of facts.
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Tom Lehrer
American Musician
Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
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Nick Nolte
American Actor
I am a good sewer. My mother taught me how to sew.
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John Madden
American Entertainer
The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
French Explorer
The sea is the universal sewer.
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Michael Capuano
American Politician
When I say infrastructure it's not just roads and bridges and subways - it's also housing. It's also schools and fire departments and water departments and sewer departments. That's all infrastructure and it's all important. Little by little this country is crumbling and everyone knows it.
Quote examples
Johnny Depp
American Actor
I started out printing silk screen t-shirts. I sold ink pens. I worked construction. I worked at a gas station. I pumped gas. I was a mechanic for a little bit. I went into sewers, down into sewer lines. I had a lot of somewhat unpleasant gigs for a time there.
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Pete Buttigieg
American Politician
Like public surface in general, sewers are unbelievably important. They're so important that we make sure they work basically all of the time. Which is why you never think of them - that's kind of the point.
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Norman Foster
British Architect
Joseph Bazalgette created a sewer system which he originally sized for London's needs of the time - he then doubled it to anticipate the future beyond. These are the qualities that I admire.
Quote examples
Gordon Gee
American Educator
I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.
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Theo Van Gogh
Dutch Director
As soon as you sit down to write about something you are pressing your nose deeper into the sewer of facts.
Quote examples
Tom Lehrer
American Musician
Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
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Nick Nolte
American Actor
I am a good sewer. My mother taught me how to sew.
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John Madden
American Entertainer
The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
French Explorer
The sea is the universal sewer.
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