sewage disposal
Draining human refuse
Sewage disposal is the system or process of removing and treating human waste and wastewater from buildings and communities.
The term covers everything from household plumbing to municipal treatment plants: The city upgraded its sewage disposal infrastructure.
Poor sewage disposal spreads disease; effective systems are fundamental to public health.
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- bioreactorsTanks for biological reactions
- cesspoolUnderground waste receptacle
- holding tankContainer for temporary retention
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
disinfection · septic tanks · water pollution control · sanitation · public health · disease prevention · sewer lines · storm drain · nightsoil · leach field · drain cleaner · honey bucket · pumping stations · biosolids · manholes · sedimentation · waste treatment · flush toilet
- sanitationsewers, cleaning, sewer, disinfecting, dry toilet
- sewage systemssewers, sewer, sewer lines, wastewater, sewer pipes
- field sanitationlatrine, latrines, hand washing, handwashing, potable water
- seweragesewers, sewer pipes, sewer, sewer networks, sewer pipe
- building codesIRC, building code, safety codes, construction codes, electrical codes
sewage disposalwater supply
Provisioned H2O delivery system
municipal water supply · water distribution · water intake · water purification · waterworks