sew‧age /ˈsjuːɪdʒ, ˈsuː- $ ˈsuː-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: sewer]
the mixture of waste from the human body and used water, that is carried away from houses by pipes under the ground:
Chlorine is used in sewage treatment. The factory secretly dumped millions of gallons of raw sewage (=sewage that had not been treated) into the Ohio river. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲