septic tank
noun
: a tank in which the solid matter of continuously flowing sewage is disintegrated by bacteria
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Leaky sewage pipes and septic tanks have long been a problem in the Little River area.
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Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald, 19 June 2024
So, the pipe coming from the house, going to the septic tank and continuing through the drain field should be sloped — not flat, as the diagrams showed.
—Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Other parts of the early era were less charming: with no centralized water system, septic tanks reportedly proliferated and tended to leak, creating underground sewage lagoons that caused massive green-algae blooms in the river.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Reilly also told the jury about a search of the Mountain Spring Road property that included a K-9 team searching a wooded area and investigators looking down into a septic tank.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2024
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Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald, 19 June 2024
So, the pipe coming from the house, going to the septic tank and continuing through the drain field should be sloped — not flat, as the diagrams showed.
—Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Other parts of the early era were less charming: with no centralized water system, septic tanks reportedly proliferated and tended to leak, creating underground sewage lagoons that caused massive green-algae blooms in the river.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Reilly also told the jury about a search of the Mountain Spring Road property that included a K-9 team searching a wooded area and investigators looking down into a septic tank.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2024
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“Septic tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/septic%20tank. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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