Water and Wastewater Terms Beginning C

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collection main

A wastewater collection pipe that recieves wastewater from many smaller wastewater pipes, such as lateral and branch lines, and serves as an outlet for a large territory or is used to feed large pipelines such as trunk lines or interceptors. Also called trunk sewer, sewer main, and a main sewer.