sewer network
infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff
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Summary
sewer network ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,837 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: infrastructure[2], architectural structure[3], sociotechnical system[4], engineered physical system[5]
- Has use: sewerage[6], sanitation[7], water supply and sanitation[8]
- Commons category: Sewerage[9]
- Said to be the same as: Q12548099[10]
- Has part(s): sewer line[11], sewerage pumping station[12], outfall[13], wastewater treatment plant[14]
- Topic's main category: Q32104500[15], Category:Sewerage[16]
- Facet of: wastewater technology[17], water supply and sanitation[18]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Pauly–Wissowa[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], The New Student's Reference Work[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24]
- Different from: inverted siphon[25], stormwater network[26], sanitary sewer network[27], combined sewer network[28], tail race[29]
- Uses: water treatment[30]
- Contains: sewer gas[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
Why It Matters
sewer network has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 129 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]