DEFINITIONS

SEWER
SEWAGE
A system that is made up of
Human waste needs to be
pipes and the pumping station
carried away from the houses
that is designed to dispose the
and even the residential
human waste or to treat it
areas for purposes of
(often referred to
cleanliness and hygiene.
as sewerage).
 TYPES OF SEWER SYTEM
Separated System Combined System Partially Separate System
Two sets of sewers Only one set of Sewage and the storm water which
are provided-one for sewers is provided is drained from back yards and
carrying domestic or for carrying roofs of houses - Same set of
sanitary sewage and domestic or sanitary sewers
industrial sewage, sewage and -storm water drained from house
and the other for industrial sewage as fronts as well as from streets and
carrying storm water. well as storm water. roads- Separate set of open drains.
 SEWAGE TREATMENT

The process of removing

contaminants from
wastewater and
household sewage. It
includes physical,
chemical and biological
processes to remove
physical, chemical and
biological contaminants.
Its objective is to
produce a waste stream
and a solid waste or
sludge suitable for
discharge or reuse back The sewage treatment involves
into the environment. three stages, called primary,
secondary, and tertiary treatment.
FAMOUS SEWER SYTEM

Vienna’s Sewer System

• Built in mid-1800’s
• Vienna’s Underworld of
Tunnels and Subterranean
Rivers
• Further expanded
throughout the 19th and
201th centuries
 FAMOUS SEWER SYTEM
Tokyo’s Gigantic Flood
Tunnel
• Massive tunnels are utilised
• $3billion was spent on this
tunnel
•Water tanks stretches over
320 feet in length, and its
towers are just as high as a five-
storey building.
LOCAL SEWER SYTEM

This is a new
sewer/drainage
system in Villa,
Iloilo City. It drains
directly into the
Batiano River. From
a public health
perspective, this is
progress. It gets
septage (sewage in
a septic tank) and
storm water out of
neighborhoods and
into the river.
 LOCAL SEWER SYTEM

Missing slabs show a

typical “sidewalk over
sewer” Philippine
municipal sewer
system in Tigbauan,
Iloilo.