cesspits

Similarly, household sewage may be stored in larger tanks called cesspits, which are usually emptied by vacuum tankers.

Chapter 4 1992

However, samples from deposits particularly rich in organic materials, such as cesspits, pipes, and toilets, are taken for laboratory study at the University of Bradford.

Interactive Dig Pompeii - Field Notes: August 7, 2001 2001

The Romans preferred small-scale provisions such as cesspits, wells and rainwater tanks.

unknown title 2009

Best to ignore them, leave them in their cesspits of ignorance and ideological orthodoxy, and set about fixing the country.

‘Open For Questions’ Has Some Answers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

For example, in Paris, from 1553, victims of the plague were kept in quarantine, their houses were cleaned, the streets where they lived were washed clean, and their cesspits were stopped up.

Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

For example, in Paris, from 1553, victims of the plague were kept in quarantine, their houses were cleaned, the streets where they lived were washed clean, and their cesspits were stopped up.

Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

For example, in Paris, from 1553, victims of the plague were kept in quarantine, their houses were cleaned, the streets where they lived were washed clean, and their cesspits were stopped up.

Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

For example, in Paris, from 1553, victims of the plague were kept in quarantine, their houses were cleaned, the streets where they lived were washed clean, and their cesspits were stopped up.

Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

The EU is a mess, an embarrassment in world affairs, corrupt and anti-democratic destroying countries that once stood proud, now cesspits of money-grabbing politicians and criminals.

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

Dairy cow and pig factories often dump millions of gallons of putrefying waste into massive open-air cesspits, which can leak and contaminate water used to irrigate our crops.

Kathy Freston: E. Coli, Salmonella and Other Deadly Bacteria and Pathogens in Food: Factory Farms Are the Reason 2010