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  2. Sanitation - Wikipedia

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    Onsite sanitation (or on-site sanitation) is defined as "a sanitation system in which excreta and wastewater are collected and stored or treated on the plot where they are generated". [ 22 ] : 173 Another term that is used for the same system is non-sewered sanitation systems (NSSS), which are prevalent in many countries. [ 39 ]

  3. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    The history of water supply and sanitation is one of a logistical challenge to provide clean water and sanitation systems since the dawn of civilization. Where water resources, infrastructure or sanitation systems were insufficient, diseases spread and people fell sick or died prematurely. Astronaut Jack Lousma taking a shower in space, 1974

  4. Hygiene - Wikipedia

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    Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." [2] Personal hygiene refers to maintaining the body's cleanliness.

  5. History of waste management - Wikipedia

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    The Metropolitan Board of Works was the first citywide authority that centralized sanitation regulation for the rapidly expanding city and the Public Health Act 1875 made it compulsory for every household to deposit their weekly waste in 'moveable receptacles' for disposal - the first concept for a dust-bin. [15]

  6. Environmental health - Wikipedia

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    It consists of three categories: health impacts, air quality, and water and sanitation. The health impacts category includes the environmental risk exposure indicator. Environmental health is the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health.

  7. United States Public Health Service - Wikipedia

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    The environmental health programs expanded from water pollution into air, industrial, and chemical pollution and radiological health research during and after World War II, [26] [29] and in 1954 they moved across town from the former Cincinnati Marine Hospital to the newly constructed Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center. [17] [30]

  8. WASH - Wikipedia

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    According to the World Health Organization, data from 54 countries in low and middle income settings representing 66,101 health facilities show that 38% of health care facilities lack improved water sources, 19% lack improved sanitation while 35% lack access to water and soap for handwashing. The absence of basic WASH amenities compromises the ...

  9. Sanitary engineering - Wikipedia

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    An example of a wastewater treatment system. Sanitary engineering, also known as public health engineering or wastewater engineering, is the application of engineering methods to improve sanitation of human communities, primarily by providing the removal and disposal of human waste, and in addition to the supply of safe potable water.