het rioolwater
sewage
noun · /riˈoːlˌʋaː.tər/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het rioolwater?
Forms
- Article
- het rioolwater
- Also means
- sewer water
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het rioolwater stroomt direct naar de zuivering.
The sewage flows directly to the treatment plant.
Er lekt rioolwater uit die kapotte pijp.
Sewage is leaking from that broken pipe.
Ongezuiverd rioolwater vervuilt het milieu ernstig.
Untreated sewage seriously pollutes the environment.
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