sanitation system
Municipal waste network
A sanitation system is the infrastructure and processes for managing human waste and wastewater—sewers, treatment plants, septic tanks, and related facilities.
The term encompasses everything from modern municipal sewage systems to basic pit latrines.
Public health depends on effective sanitation systems to prevent disease transmission: The refugee camp desperately needed a functioning sanitation system.
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- sewage plantFacility processing human waste
- drainageLiquid removal system
- storm drainStreet-level runoff collector
- catch basinGrated pit collecting runoff
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sanitation systemcontamination
Introduction of impurities
pollution · squalor · filth · disease vector · environmental degradation
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