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sanitation engineering  

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  • 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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