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Question
What is sewage?
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Solution
Sewage is a collective term for municipal wastewater, which includes both liquid and solid wastes produced in cities and towns and transported via sewers. Chemically, sewage consists of approximately 99% water and 1% solid waste, which may be organic or inorganic in nature. Sewage typically contains bacteria (e.g., coliforms, streptococci, clostridia, lactobacilli), microfungi, protozoa and microalgae.
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