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sewerable

sewerable adjective: able to be provided with sewers.

Adjective

sewerable (comparative more sewerable, superlative most sewerable)

  1. Able to be provided with sewers.
    • In Area G in Atwater, development is sewerable on the east and west side of Schaeffer Road; development west of Winton Way and north of the Atwater Canal will require new trunk lines. Housing west and south of Juniper Drive is sewerable; […]1977, Merced, Atwood and Castle AFB Assessment: Environmental Impact Statement
    • (Marginally sewerable—not directly adjacent to Highway 160)1987, San Juan National Forest (N.F.), East Fork Ski Area: Environmental Impact Statement, page 384
  2. Able to be safely discharged into the sewer system.
    • ... sewerable (based on release limits), or if it requires processing and / or alternate disposition. Retention systems provide isolation of potentially contaminated liquids to prevent unacceptable release.1992, Lawrence Livermore National and Sandia National Laboratories, Continued Operation: Environmental Impact Statement, page 4
    • ...sewerable. Plant B is a die casting plant manufacturing such items as office furniture and automobile parts. The plant has successfully used ultrafiltration to produce a sewerable effluent since 1986.1993, Transactions

Forms of sewerable

comparativemore sewerable
superlativemost sewerable

Origin of sewerable

From sewer + -able.

Questions about sewerable

What does sewerable mean?
Sewerable means able to be provided with sewers.
What part of speech is sewerable?
Sewerable is an adjective.

Words near sewerable in the dictionary

  1. sewer slide
  2. sewer slides
  3. sewer socialism
  4. sewer socialist
  5. sewer socialists
  6. sewerable
  7. sewerage
  8. sewerages
  9. sewered
  10. sewering
  11. sewerings

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