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Sewerage vs Wastewater - What's the difference?

sewerage | wastewater |

As nouns the difference between sewerage and wastewater

is that sewerage is a sewer system while wastewater is any water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.

sewerage

English

Noun

  • A sewer system.

    • Quotations

    * 2010, India Today 5 Apr 17 *: About 3.6 billion tonnes of untreated sewerage flows daily into the Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of Delhi's water.

    wastewater

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia wastewater) (en noun)
  • Any water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.

    • Synonyms

    * sewage