Definition of Sewer main

1. Noun. A main in a sewage system.

Exact synonyms: Sewer Line
Generic synonyms: Main
Group relationships: Sewage System, Sewage Works, Sewer System

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sewer Main

sewans
sewar
sewardite
sewars
sewed
sewed up
sewel
sewellel
sewellels
sewels
sewen
sewens
sewer
sewer gas
sewer line
sewer main (current term)
sewer rat
sewer system
sewer water
sewerage
sewerages
sewered
sewering
sewerings
sewerless
sewerlike
sewerman
sewermen
sewers
sewin

Literary usage of Sewer main

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law Relating to the Pollution & Obstruction of by Clement Higgins (1877)
"... Counters Creek Sewer (main line, west and east branches and Kensington branch); Sewer to the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Works; Millman's Row Sewer; ..."

2. Architectural Drawing for Secondary Schools by Ralph Flagg Windoes, Harvey Blaine Campbell (1917)
"For sewerage, a 4" soil pipe extends from the basement, where it is connected with the sewer main, cesspool, or septic tank, up through the roof. ..."

3. Alternative Wastewater Collection Systems Manual (1994)
"To minimize damage to the pressure sewer main caused by subsequent ... Some jurisdictions require that no joints be used in the sewer main within 3 m (10 ..."

4. The Engineering Index by John Butler Johnson, Henry Harrison Suplee, Johannes H. Cuntz, Charles Buxton Going (1896)
"SEWER. Main Relief Sewer of Brooklyn. Description of this large work, with account of various expedients used In different work, ..."

5. Report by Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Panama Canal (Panama), Health Dept (1909)
"In this street it is proposed to build a fifteen inch sewer main from the site of the proposed sewage disposal plant on the banks of the river at the mouth ..."

6. Worker Deaths in Confined Spaces: A Summary of Surveillance Findings and edited by Thomas R. Bender (1996)
"Access into the sewer main was provided by a diversion gate chamber located below a concrete drive area in an underground parking garage for a large ..."

7. Small Community Water and Wastewater Treatment: Summary Report by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"PROCESS DESCRIPTION The components of pressure sewer systems may be subdivided into the sewer main components and onsite system components. ..."

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