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sanitation Definition

sani·ta·tion (san′ə tā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the science and practice of effecting healthful and hygienic conditions; study and use of hygienic measures such as drainage, ventilation, pure water supply, etc.
  2. drainage and disposal of sewage

Etymology: sanit(ary) + -ation

sanitation Synonyms

sanitation

n.

sanitary science, science of public cleanliness, hygiene, asepsis, disinfection, cleanliness.

sanitation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • lack: More than two billion would still lack proper sanitation, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • improve: Largely as a result of this book, it was decided to adopt a series of measures to improve sanitation in Manchester.
  • lead: Increased urbanization and the poor sanitation led to many diseases.
  • provide: They also took care to provide effective sanitation; the British Army had the lowest casualty rates from disease of any of the armies.
  • have: Currently, around 2.5 billion people don't have adequate sanitation, leading to 3.3 million deaths a year from diarrhea including many children.
  • include: The conditions which gave rise to the epidemic included poor sanitation and a lack of safe water sources in the region.

Adjective modifier

  • community-led: These include participatory Geographical Information Systems ( GIS ), participatory generation of numbers and community-led total sanitation.
  • adequate: Nearly half of the world's people lack access to adequate sanitation.
  • inadequate: A child dies every 15 seconds from diseases associated with unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitation.
  • poor: Letters raising the poor sanitation in Haworth were written here.
  • proper: The number of people without proper sanitation is to be halved by 2015.
  • improved: At the end of the 19th century, improved sanitation meant that most middle class houses had an indoor toilet.

Modifies a noun

  • facility: Many people in Burkina Faso have to live without any safe drinking water or hygienic sanitation facilities.
  • infrastructure: However, the sanitation infrastructure is still not fully developed.
  • coverage: North America North America has the highest water supply and sanitation coverage in the world.
  • engineer: Click here to view Andy's Weblog - " Experiences as a water and sanitation engineer in Guatemala " .
  • sector: The money is aimed at minimizing the impact of the flood in the education, water sanitation sectors.
  • provision: For water and sanitation provision, the emphasis is on more accurate and detailed national sample surveys.

Noun used with modifier

  • water: The money is aimed at minimizing the impact of the flood in the education, water sanitation sectors.
  • food: Food sanitation seminars, especially for food handlers, are conducted at the national, provincial and municipal levels.