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sanitary engineering

noun

  1. a branch of civil engineering dealing with matters affecting public health, as water supply or sewage disposal.


sanitary engineering

noun

  1. the branch of civil engineering associated with the supply of water, disposal of sewage, and other public health services
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • sanitary engineer, noun
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Other Words From

  • sanitary engineer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanitary engineering1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

“There’s been a public health legacy where sanitary engineering practices and regulators considered sewage a waste, it was something to be avoided, something to be feared,” said Brad Coffey of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

He received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1947 and master’s degree in sanitary engineering a year later, both from Johns Hopkins.

Sanitary engineering; getting rid of mosquito breeding sites; and swamp drainage are some of the interventions that have helped in the past and have proven to be sustainable solutions.

The longer rationing measures are delayed, the more extreme they will be, said Jose Carlos Mierzwa, a University of Sao Paulo professor who focuses on sanitary engineering.

From US News

A shot from the 1870s of the facade of Victoria underground station shows what Ovenden calls a "shouty" hoarding for "TP Beattie, Specialist in Plumbing and Sanitary Engineering" as almost upstaging the station name.

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