sewage pipes

Underground waste channels

Sewage pipes are the pipes that carry wastewater and human waste away from buildings to treatment facilities or disposal sites.

The term appears in discussions of plumbing, municipal infrastructure, and sanitation: The old sewage pipes need replacing.

Sewage pipe is sometimes used as a singular noun modifier: sewage pipe repair.

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Opposites
flow direction/purpose

sewage pipeswater supply lines

Pipes delivering municipal hydration

water quality/purity conveyed

sewage pipesaqueducts

Channels conveying water distances

Family

pipes, sewage

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G