Domestic sewage definition

Domestic sewage means waste and wastewater from humans, or household operations that is discharged to or otherwise enters a treatment works.

Domestic sewage means sewage that consists of water and human excretions or other waterborne wastes incidental to the occupancy of a residential building or a non-residential building but not including manufacturing process water, cooling water, wastewater from water softening equipment, commercial laundry wastewater, blowdown from heating or cooling equipment, water from cellar or floor drains or surface water from roofs, paved surfaces or yard drains.

Domestic sewage means untreated sanitary wastes that pass through a sewer system.

Examples of Domestic sewage in a sentence

• Domestic sewage cannot be discharged arbitrarily but disposed via surrounding existing sewage treatment system to avoid affecting nearby rivers.

• Domestic sewage consists mostly of water which, after treatment to reduce biodegradable material, suspended solids and nutrients, can be disposed of in accordance with its environmental authority requirements.

• Domestic sewage from the construction personnel shall be disposed via surrounding existing residential sewage treatment system, and cannot be discharged arbitrarily.

• Domestic sewage shall be disposed off through septic tank/soak pit. To control source and the fugitive emissions, suitable pollution control devices shall be installed to meet the prescribed norms and/or the NAAQS.

• Domestic sewage discharges through separate connections downstream of the industrial wastewater connection.

More Definitions of Domestic sewage

Domestic sewage means waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.

Domestic sewage or “domestic wastewater” means the water-carried waste products from residences, public buildings, institutions, or other buildings, including bodily discharges from human beings together with groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be present.

Domestic sewage means untreated sanitary wastes that pass through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) for treatment.

Domestic sewage or “house sewage” means sanitary sewage

Domestic sewage means the waterborne wastes derived from the ordinary living processes and of such character as to permit satisfactory disposal, without special treatment, into the public sewer or by means of a private sewage disposal system.

Domestic sewage means the water-borne waste derived from ordinary living processes.

Domestic sewage means human excrement, gray water (from home clothes washing, bathing, showers, dishwashing, and food preparation), other wastewater from household drains, and waterborne waste normally discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories, and institutions, that is free from industrial waste.