Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The waste content found in a septic tank.

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  • noun North America the partially treated waste stored in a septic tank

Etymologies

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From sept- as in septic +‎ -age.

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Examples

  • For all the septage they heave at us, what sits and festers in their own guts and souls is worse.

    More judgementalness from Bread n Roses Suzanne 2006

  • These projects include MSW disposal and waste to energy, coal gasification, septage to fertilizer, pre-fabricated housing, dry construction waste recycling already committed or under construction.

    NX Global, Inc. Signs Agreement for Site Lease in Quebec - Yahoo! Finance 2011

  • A new suite will require a new on-site parking space, adequate sewer/septage and water connections, and other building code requirements.

    Kootenay Rockies - News loadxml 2010

  • Again, the town can contract with local septage waste haulers to empty the stored urine tanks thereby creating permanent local jobs.

    CapeCodToday Blog Chowder CCToday 2010

  • An environmental safety officer position is currently vacant, and a clerk position will become redundant when a new septage receiving station opens later this year.

    News for Charlottesville Daily Progress Charlottesville Daily Progress 2010

  • A new suite will require a new on-site parking space, adequate sewer/septage and water connections, and other building code requirements.

    Kootenay Rockies - News loadxml 2010

  • Even if it costs money to retrofit septage hauling trucks, it would still be hundreds of millions of dollars less expensive to use a system based on UD toilets.

    CapeCodToday Blog Chowder CCToday 2010

  • A new suite will require a new on-site parking space, adequate sewer/septage and water connections, and other building code requirements.

    Kootenay Rockies - News Webpapers Admin 2010

  • South Canyon would also house a processed and septage waste water evaporation facility for the region.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories John Gardner Post Independent Staff Glenwood Sprin 2010

  • They didn't take the time to study the septage plant.

    Traverse City Record-Eagle Home 2010

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