Concept information
Preferred term
sanitation engineering
Definition
- Sanitation (or “sanitary”) engineering emerged in the 19th century as a specialized form of civil engineering. Drinking water treatment and distribution, wastewater treatment and distribution, and solid and hazardous waste management are the principal traditional disciplines. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Sanitation Engineering]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sanitation_engineering
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