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    1 year ago

    In the US, in urban areas, the sewage system handles all waste water, and is treated before being reintroduced to waterways. Rural areas, there is no sewage system. Every building without a connection to a sewer has a septic tank.

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      That’s interesting. I guess our governments just decided that the cost of treating sewage is too high, and so mandated septic tanks instead.