sewage works
noun [C] UK (UK also sewage farm, US sewage treatment plant)Definition
› a place where sewage is treated so that it can be safely got rid of or changed into fertilizerPlumbing and pipes and sewage
(Definition of sewage works noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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