sewage treatment works

sewage treatment works
ˈsewage works [sewage works] (also sewage ˈtreatment works, sewage disˈposal works) noun countable + singular or plural verb (BrE)
a place where chemicals are used to clean ↑sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers, etc. or used to make ↑manure
See also: ↑sewage treatment works

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