Sewer Water (Noun)
Meaning
Water mixed with waste matter.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Sewer water flowing from the storm drain polluted the nearby lake, threatening aquatic life.
- During the flooding, raw sewer water from the overflow pipes backed up into many basements in the city.
- Emergency services workers wearing hazmat suits tried to clean up the mess of spilled chemicals mixed with sewer water from the derailed tanker car.
- Since the drainage pipe under the property cracked open, there has been an unstoppable stream of putrid sewer water stinking up the surrounding neighborhoods.
- Volunteers on a coastal cleanup picked up everything from fast-food containers to remnants of flushed down toilets stuck together by years-old solidified sewer water, exposed after beach sands receded due to powerful coastal tides.