A pipe through which a drain or sewer empties into the sea, a river, or a lake.
a large sewage outfall pipe is to be extended
Example sentencesExamples
The documentary was covering a damaged marine sewer outfall pipe.
A major element of the long-awaiting sewage treatment works will be finalised this week when the final 500 metres of the outfall pipe is put in place on the sea bed in the bay.
I have approved the contract documents for an extension of the outfall pipe.
A thorough investigation has established that the spillage emanated from a storm outfall pipe.
The oil has been coming down the river sporadically for a number of months but with the outfall pipes into the river, environment officers have so far been unable to find the source.
Each lateral drainage arm runs straight into an outfall pipe.
The council have granted a retrospective works licence for the sewage outfall pipe.
No marine outfall pipe had yet been constructed.
The first source, he thinks, was outfall pipes from a local sewage plant.
The proposed location of the outfall pipe was now zoned as a special area of conservation.
Definition of outfall pipe in US English:
outfall pipe
noun
A pipe through which a drain or sewer empties into the sea, a river, or a lake.
a large sewage outfall pipe is to be extended
Example sentencesExamples
A thorough investigation has established that the spillage emanated from a storm outfall pipe.
No marine outfall pipe had yet been constructed.
The council have granted a retrospective works licence for the sewage outfall pipe.
A major element of the long-awaiting sewage treatment works will be finalised this week when the final 500 metres of the outfall pipe is put in place on the sea bed in the bay.
The first source, he thinks, was outfall pipes from a local sewage plant.
The proposed location of the outfall pipe was now zoned as a special area of conservation.
Each lateral drainage arm runs straight into an outfall pipe.
The documentary was covering a damaged marine sewer outfall pipe.
The oil has been coming down the river sporadically for a number of months but with the outfall pipes into the river, environment officers have so far been unable to find the source.
I have approved the contract documents for an extension of the outfall pipe.