_____ is a network of pipes that carry sewage from the households and industries to the wastewater treatment plant.

Sludge

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Sewerage

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Sewage

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Sewers

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Solution

The correct option is B Sewerage
Sewerage is a network of big and small pipes called sewers that transport sewage from the point of being produced, such as, households, industries to the point of point of disposal i.,e., the treatment plants.
Sewage contains suspended solids, organic and inorganic impurities. Sluge is a by-product produced in wastewater treatment.

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