Definition of sanitation
1 : the act or process of making sanitary
2 : the promotion of hygiene and prevention of disease by maintenance of sanitary conditions (as by removal of sewage and trash) —often used attributively a sanitation truck sanitation workers
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Diseases can spread from poor sanitation.
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Water for People, founded by former Black & Veatch vice president Wayne Weiss, provides clean water and sanitation systems to 4 million people in nine countries and is funded by 50 volunteer groups across the United States and Canada.
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Major violations include roaches, bedbugs, stained or ripped mattresses and box springs, moldlike formation and general sanitation.
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Against the backdrop of rapid urbanization, high immigration, and the rise of mass education, municipal authorities installed bathing facilities to socialize the urban poor into the habits of sanitation.
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Other stories include a sanitation worker finding a dead body inside a garbage can in Treme, and a family calling for Gretna police officers to be fired after their loved one was killed following a struggle with police.
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SANITATIONRegular curbside pickup for all counties.
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Mladenov said the U.N. is offering emergency help to the area with fuel for generators, water, medical needs and sanitation, but such reserves will run out in weeks.
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This horrific, virulent disease remains prevalent in developing countries, where sanitation and living conditions are poor.
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The ruling confirms a previous finding by a WTO panel in August concerning the bans Russia imposed in 2014, supposedly for sanitation reasons in response to some cases of highly contagious African swine fever close to the Belarus...
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First Known Use of sanitation
1848
SANITATION Defined for English Language Learners
sanitation
playDefinition of sanitation for English Language Learners
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: the process of keeping places free from dirt, infection, disease, etc., by removing waste, trash and garbage, by cleaning streets, etc.
SANITATION Defined for Kids
sanitation
playDefinition of sanitation for Students
: the act or process of making or keeping things free from filth, infection, or other dangers to health
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