house sewer

house sewer

[′hau̇s ‚sü·ər]

(civil engineering)

Connection between house drain and public sewer.

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building sewer

That part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system which extends beyond the ends of the building drain and receives the discharge of the building drain and conveys it to a public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal system, or other point of disposal.

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