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sewer
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sewer1
a drain or pipe, esp one that is underground, used to carry away surface water or sewage

sewer2
(in medieval England) a servant of high rank in charge of the serving of meals and the seating of guests

sewer [′sü·ər]
(civil engineering)
An underground pipe or open channel in a sewage system for carrying water or sewage to a disposal area.


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Los Angeles residents will begin to learn the cost to repair the city's aging sewer system this week with City Council approval on Tuesday of a notice to all residents that rates will begin to rise in the near future.
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County officials said they tried to identify all properties that were on septic tanks - and therefore not connected to the county sewer system - when the sewer-service charge was imposed after the passage in 1978 of Proposition 13, which drastically limited property taxes in California.
 
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