Sewage Works (Noun)
Meaning
Facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The new sewage works on the outskirts of town can handle up to 100,000 gallons of waste per day.
- The local government invested heavily in upgrading the sewage works to meet modern environmental standards.
- Residents were warned not to drink from the nearby river after a malfunction at the sewage works caused contamination.
- A group of engineers toured the sewage works to learn about its innovative processing techniques.
- The construction of new sewage works in the area is expected to create hundreds of jobs and stimulate local growth.