Sanitary sewer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024743",
  "term": "Sanitary sewer",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Sanitary Sewer",
  "definitions": [
    "1. A pipe or conduit (sewer) intended to carry wastewater or water-borne wastes from homes, businesses, and industries to the POTW.\n\n2. A sewer that transports only wastewaters (from domestic residences and/or industries) to a wastewater treatment plant.\n\n3. Conduit intended to carry liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.",
    "Underground pipes that carry off only domestic or industrial waste, not storm water."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Water",
    "General environmental"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "40 CFR 35.2005 (CFR 2018)",
    "Terms of Environment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/sanitary-sewer/"
}