Categories: Water
Sewage is a water-carried waste, in solution or suspension, that is intended to be removed from a community. Also known as domestic or municipal wastewater, it is more than 99% water and is characterized by volume or rate of flow, physical condition, chemical and toxic constituents, and its bacteriologic status (which organisms it contains and in what quantities). It consists mostly of greywater (from sinks, tubs, showers, dishwashers, and clothes washers), blackwater (the water used to flush toilets, combined with the human waste that it flushes away); soaps and detergents; and toilet paper (less so in regions where bidets are widely used instead of paper). Whether it also contains surface runoff depends on the design of sewer system.
Definition of "Sewage" by Chat GPT: Sewage refers to waste water and excrement conveyed in sewers. It typically includes household, industrial, and commercial waste water that is discharged from toilets, sinks, showers, and other sources. Sewage must be properly treated to remove harmful contaminants before it can be safely released back into the environment.
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