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During his tenure, Walled Lake got city water and sewerage, expanded police services, built a fire hall and department of public works building, doubled its population, experienced a housing boom, extended Maple Road and paved all of its streets.
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M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
The health center has been working with the sewerage district on the effort, helping to engage and get input on the needs of the communities.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Issues with electrical capacity, water availability, sewerage and HVAC systems are common and can add up quickly.
—Shaun Lewis, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
What happened: The problem in Orleans Parish was tied to power outages that brought down pumps at one of the city's two sewerage pumping stations, Korban said.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
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M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
The health center has been working with the sewerage district on the effort, helping to engage and get input on the needs of the communities.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Issues with electrical capacity, water availability, sewerage and HVAC systems are common and can add up quickly.
—Shaun Lewis, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
What happened: The problem in Orleans Parish was tied to power outages that brought down pumps at one of the city's two sewerage pumping stations, Korban said.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sewerage
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This includes serving as a sewage station for your body—filtering and detoxing your blood, breaking down old red blood cells and recycling their iron—and a manufacturing plant of sorts—making key proteins and immune system cells, storing vitamins and minerals and processing your nutrients.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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According to authorities, operational disruptions at the wastewater plant generated excessive sewage odors that affected residents.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Little Calumet, just blocks from where Steagall used to live, had shores like quicksand from all the toxic sludge and the Grand Calumet River was one of the most polluted bodies of water emptying into Lake Michigan.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
15 Sep. 2025
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Desalinating that water, however, would produce tons of brine, or super-salty sludge, as waste.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Sewerage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewerage. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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