sewer pipe

Waste water channel

A sewer pipe is a pipe that carries sewage—wastewater and human waste—away from buildings to treatment facilities or disposal sites.

Sewer pipes run underground, connecting homes and businesses to municipal sewer systems.

The term sometimes appears figuratively for anything channeling waste or undesirable matter: Social media can be a sewer pipe of misinformation.

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waste · septic tank · manhole · concrete · cast iron · clog · backed up · plumber · water · flow · smell · rats · grate · blockage · storm · outlet · municipal · city infrastructure

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type of piped substance

sewer pipewater main

Principal urban pipe

water supply line · gas main · gas line · oil pipeline · steam pipe

water flow direction/content

sewer pipewater main

Principal urban pipe

intake pipe · service line · aqueduct

Family

sewer, pipe, sewers, sewage, sewerage, pipes, piped, piping, piper

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