septic waste
Tank drainage matter
Septic waste is sewage and wastewater collected in a septic tank—the underground container that processes household waste in areas without municipal sewer systems.
The term covers both the liquid effluent and the solid sludge that accumulates and requires periodic pumping: The truck came to remove the septic waste.
By extension, any contaminated biological waste from sewage systems.
- raw sewageUnprocessed drainage waste
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- sludgeSemi-solid waste material
- fecal matterSolid intestinal waste
- cesspoolUnderground waste receptacle
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septic wastepotable water
Liquid safe for consumption
drinking water · clean water · purified water · distilled water · sterile water
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