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intercepting sewer [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

A sewer that receives dry-weather flow from a number of transverse sewers or outlets and frequently additional predetermined quantities of storm water (if from a combined system), and conducts such waters to a point for treatment or disposal.

CONT

The largest sewers, called interceptors, carry the sewage to a treatment plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
DEF

Égout qui reçoit le contenu de plusieurs égouts collecteurs (y compris des eaux d'orages s'il s'agit d'un réseau unitaire) et qui transporte les eaux d'égout ainsi recueillies vers une station d'épuration ou un émissaire.

CONT

Tout le territoire de la CUM est desservi, presque entièrement, par un réseau d'intercepteurs qui achemine les eaux usées recueillies par les réseaux d'égout municipaux vers une usine d'épuration.

Spanish

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