sewage gas

noun

1. gas given off in the digestion of sewage consisting of approximately 66 per cent methane and 34 per cent carbon dioxide

Example Sentences

No publicity stunt, the blast, which injured two dozen, was attributed to an accumulation of sewage gas.

From Los Angeles Times

Elected to lead a city that was the grieving, wounded site of an atrocity, he will depart as mayor of a city where artists have been able to decorate a mighty park with thousands of sheets of saffron, for no reason other than the simple joy of it; where engineers figured out how to turn sewage gas into electricity; where people are safer from violent crime than at any time in modern history.

From New York Times

Naval Research Laboratory have accomplished an even more amazing transformation: they have turned sewage gas into diamonds.

From Time Magazine Archive

It can be planted anywhere, regardless of water, sewage, gas or electricity supply lines.

From Time Magazine Archive