Some people feel we need a treatment plant for sewage in this town.
The sewage from this city's houses goes straight into the sea, untreated.
Any car engine oil that you pour down the sewer eventually ends up in the ocean, where it causes serious pollution problems.
We went
on a tour of the sewers of Paris when we were there.
We could smell the sewage when we walked by the bay. It was disgusting.
The city needs to fix a lot of pipes in the sewer system in order to reduce pollution at our waterfront.
Apparently, the filters in the sewer
system often get clogged up with used condoms and tampon applicators.
The country is very poor, and many people get diseases from the water in the open sewers that exist in some cities.
Tom Lehrer once said that life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into
it.
Their water is contaminated by the open sewers that line the streets in the poorer sections of the city.
Only about 20% of the population of the nation of Lesotho is served by sewage facilities.
Water and sewage systems were only installed in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, in 1955.
Ancient Rome was notorious for its sewage-filled streets.
Putting kitchen grease down your household drain can cause sewer backups and flooding.
One way that toxic chemicals enter our sewer system is by people rinsing out pesticide containers to clean them, and pouring the dirty water down the drain.
Cruise ships generate up to 25,000 gallons of sewage per day and can legally dump raw sewage in the ocean only 3 miles from shore.