cesspits in a sentence
Examples
- Tubas is not connected to the sewage network, therefore all households dispose of their waste water in cesspits, a major source of pollution in groundwater.
- To the accusations that Wikipedia Review is a cesspit, a place solely for attacking Wikipedia and contributors here, I must state that I disagree wholeheartably.
- Though mostly a vast expanse of crumbling shacks and open cesspits, Kinshasa has islets of tropical splendor : flowered-splashed villas, posh restaurants and casinos.
- Coal, building materials and general goods were delivered down the incline and the contents of the village cesspits were hauled back up for disposal along the lineside.
- The problem was exacerbated by a gradual switch from the 1870s onwards from the older cesspit methods of sewage disposal to pail closets, which required regular emptying.
- Cesspits were used by 39 % of households, while access to the sewer network increased to 55 % in 2011, up from 39 % in 1999.
- Most families tried to have their raw sewage collected and dumped in the Thames to prevent their cesspit from filling faster than the sewage could decompose into the soil.
- The foul odour from cesspits was a continual problem, and the accumulation of solid waste meant that they had to be cleaned out every two years or so.
- Other advocates are similarly problematic : I have seen one take a case and do nothing, leaving it there as a cesspit of argument for months, for example.
- The vast majority of these homes are in 150 Arab communities which have no sewage hook-up and whose waste is therefore discharged into cesspits or the local environment.