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countable and uncountable, plural sewerages
A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system. examples
(rare or nonstandard) Sewage. quotations
Mr. Lovick made a similar experiment, to determine accurately the amount of sewerage from 1,200 average sized houses in London, where there was an intermittent supply of water from the different water companies.
1860, Acts of the Legislature in Reference to Water Supply and Reports of Water Commissioners, With Accompanying Documents, 1851-60, page 276
They put off paedophiles by spraying the child with eight litres of pressurized sewerage.
2001, Paedogeddon (Brass Eye TV special)
About 3.6 billion tonnes of untreated sewerage flows daily into the Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of Delhi's water.
2010, India Today 5 Apr 17