sewage systems
Underground wastewater networks
Sewage systems are networks of pipes, pumps, and treatment facilities that collect and process wastewater from buildings and streets.
Modern municipal systems carry waste to treatment plants where it's cleaned before release into waterways.
The city's aging sewage system overflows during heavy rains.
Older combined systems handle both sewage and stormwater; newer ones separate them.
- storm drainsUnderground channels for runoff
- water supplyProvisioned H2O delivery system
- water pollutionHarmful substances in H2O
- Clean Water ActUS water pollution statute
- sludgeSemi-solid waste material
eutrophication · pumping stations · nightsoil · effluent · manholes · manhole covers · EPA standards · sedimentation · disinfection · grates · grease traps · drains · catch basins · municipal codes · wastewater treatment plants · rats · filtration · pumping
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- sanitationsewers, cleaning, disinfecting, dry toilet, sanitization
- public propertypublic land, public park, public lands, state property, public library
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- building systemsHVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, heating, cooling
- choleracholera vaccine, diarrhea, rehydration, waterborne disease, contaminated water
sewage systemswater supply systems
Infrastructure distributing potable liquid
water mains · aqueducts · municipal water supply · water treatment plants · reservoirs
sewage systemsseptic tanks
Buried sewage treatment vessels
septic systems · cesspools · outhouses · composting toilets · chamberpots