sewer systems
City waste network
Sewer systems are networks of underground pipes and infrastructure that carry wastewater away from buildings to treatment facilities.
Municipal sewers handle both household waste and stormwater runoff, though some cities maintain separate systems for each.
The city's aging sewer system couldn't handle the heavy rainfall.
The term often appears in discussions of urban infrastructure and public health.
- manholesStreet-level underground entries
- storm drainsUnderground channels for runoff
- water supplyProvisioned H2O delivery system
- repair techniquesProcedures for fixing damage
- wastewater treatmentCleaning used liquid for reuse
water pollution · treatment plants · interceptors · pumping stations · tunnel boring · cholera outbreaks · waste management · Roman aqueducts · flood prevention · culverts · drainage systems · habitat disruption · catch basins · plumbing · septic · eutrophication · runoff · pipes
- 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
- sewage systemssewers, wastewater, sanitary sewers, septic tank, treatment plants
- Water Engineeringdams, levees, canals, aqueducts, spillways
sewer systemswater mains
Principal urban water pipes
aqueducts · water treatment plants · desalination plants · water supply systems · municipal water supply
sewer systemsseptic tanks
Buried sewage treatment vessels
cesspools · outhouses · composting toilets · chamber pots · privies