Sentence examples for larger sewage from inspiring English sources

DECADES ago, your correspondent visited one of the larger sewage works in the Thames Valley to learn how the new biodegradable detergents, with their long hydrocarbon chains, were affecting the plant's filtration processes.

Most large sewage treatment plants use a two-stage digestion system in which organics are metabolized by bacteria anaerobically (in the absence of oxygen).

The Kandahar bombing occurred near a bazaar, on a main road used by civilians that runs beside a large sewage canal.

Making matters worse, a fire had shut down one of the city's largest sewage treatment plants, rendering some waters around New York unfit for recreational use, including swimming.

"This is the largest sewage release in the history of Long Island," said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, an advocacy group.

About forty thousand traditional funerals are performed on the banks of the Ganges annually, but the biggest source of pollution are the large sewage pipes that drain directly into the river.

The rivers that run into New York Harbor will be unfit for recreational activities at least through Sunday because of a catastrophic fire that shut down one of the city's largest sewage treatment plants, the city's health department said Thursday.

These preliminary findings are the first indication of homes' being directly exposed to contaminants in an area long concerned about potential health hazards — not just from oil spills but also from other heavy industry and the city's largest sewage treatment plant, which has a history of violations of federal environmental standards.

How can the largest city in Latin America consider this issue of metropolitan dimensions: recover its large sewage rivers and reframe for resilience?

Total Hg concentration increased continually downstream with the highest concentrations found at Commercial Point, just below two large sewage treatment plants that serve metropolitan Columbus.

In comparison with the traditional centralized urban wastewater treatment, the decentralized process is likely to be low in both operating and initial cost because no large sewage pipe system is needed.