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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
sewage, sewer, sewerage (nn.)
 
 
Sewers carry sewage, the waste matter, liquid and solid. Sewerage is either “the system of sewers” or “the process of transporting sewage by that means”; it’s not a suitable synonym for sewage.  1
 
 
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