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| 460-377 BC || || “Hygiene” becomes known as the branch of medicine dedicated to the "art of health," (as distinct from therapeutics, the treatment of disease).<ref name="SNAPSHOTS OF PUBLIC SANITATION"/> || | | 460-377 BC || || “Hygiene” becomes known as the branch of medicine dedicated to the "art of health," (as distinct from therapeutics, the treatment of disease).<ref name="SNAPSHOTS OF PUBLIC SANITATION"/> || | ||
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| − | | 300 BC-AD 400 || || [[w:Roman empire|Romans]] build a system of {{w|aqueduct}}s providing inhabitants with fresh running water, which is piped directly to homes of the wealthy, and to public {{w|fountain}}s and baths. This system greatly improves domestic sanitation and adequate disposal of {{w|sewage}}. || | + | | 300 BC-AD 400 || || [[w:Roman empire|Romans]] build a system of {{w|aqueduct}}s providing inhabitants with fresh running water, which is piped directly to homes of the wealthy, and to public {{w|fountain}}s and baths. This system greatly improves domestic sanitation and adequate disposal of {{w|sewage}}.<ref name="SNAPSHOTS OF PUBLIC SANITATION"/> || |
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| 1890 || || The first sewage treatment plant in the United States using [[w:Precipitation (chemistry)|chemical precipitation]] is built in {{w|Worcester, Massachusetts}}.<ref name="Metcalf 19142">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5cJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false|title=American Sewerage Practice|last2=Eddy|first2=Harrison P.|publisher=McGraw-Hill|year=1914|isbn=|location=New York|page=|pages=|last1=Metcalf|first1=Leonard|authorlink=|accessdate=}} Vol. I: Design of Sewers.</ref>{{rp|2}}<ref name="Burian2">{{cite journal|last=Burian|first=Steven J.|last2=Nix|first2=Stephan J.|last3=Pitt|first3=Robert E.|last4=Durrans|first4=S. Rocky|year=2000|title=Urban Wastewater Management in the United States: Past, Present, and Future|url=http://www.sewerhistory.org/articles/whregion/urban_wwm_mgmt/urban_wwm_mgmt.pdf|journal=Journal of Urban Technology|location=London|publisher=Routledge|volume=7|issue=3|doi=10.1080/713684134}}</ref> || {{w|United States}} | | 1890 || || The first sewage treatment plant in the United States using [[w:Precipitation (chemistry)|chemical precipitation]] is built in {{w|Worcester, Massachusetts}}.<ref name="Metcalf 19142">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5cJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false|title=American Sewerage Practice|last2=Eddy|first2=Harrison P.|publisher=McGraw-Hill|year=1914|isbn=|location=New York|page=|pages=|last1=Metcalf|first1=Leonard|authorlink=|accessdate=}} Vol. I: Design of Sewers.</ref>{{rp|2}}<ref name="Burian2">{{cite journal|last=Burian|first=Steven J.|last2=Nix|first2=Stephan J.|last3=Pitt|first3=Robert E.|last4=Durrans|first4=S. Rocky|year=2000|title=Urban Wastewater Management in the United States: Past, Present, and Future|url=http://www.sewerhistory.org/articles/whregion/urban_wwm_mgmt/urban_wwm_mgmt.pdf|journal=Journal of Urban Technology|location=London|publisher=Routledge|volume=7|issue=3|doi=10.1080/713684134}}</ref> || {{w|United States}} | ||
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| + | | 1600s–1700s || || Japanese cities collect {{w|human waste}} for use as crop {{w|fertilizer}}. This practice minimizes human contact with waste. {{w|Sewage}} is not discharged to rivers so pollution of waterways is minimized.<ref name="SNAPSHOTS OF PUBLIC SANITATION"/> || {{w|Japan}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:13, 3 August 2017
This is a timeline of sanitation.
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | |
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| 2000 BC | Descriptions of of foul water purification by boiling and filtering are written in Sanskrit.[1] | ||
| 460-377 BC | “Hygiene” becomes known as the branch of medicine dedicated to the "art of health," (as distinct from therapeutics, the treatment of disease).[1] | ||
| 300 BC-AD 400 | Romans build a system of aqueducts providing inhabitants with fresh running water, which is piped directly to homes of the wealthy, and to public fountains and baths. This system greatly improves domestic sanitation and adequate disposal of sewage.[1] | ||
| 1890 | The first sewage treatment plant in the United States using chemical precipitation is built in Worcester, Massachusetts.[2]:2[3] | United States | |
| 1600s–1700s | Japanese cities collect human waste for use as crop fertilizer. This practice minimizes human contact with waste. Sewage is not discharged to rivers so pollution of waterways is minimized.[1] | Japan |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "SNAPSHOTS OF PUBLIC SANITATION". hygieneforhealth.org.au. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ↑ Metcalf, Leonard; Eddy, Harrison P. (1914). American Sewerage Practice. New York: McGraw-Hill. Vol. I: Design of Sewers.
- ↑ Burian, Steven J.; Nix, Stephan J.; Pitt, Robert E.; Durrans, S. Rocky (2000). "Urban Wastewater Management in the United States: Past, Present, and Future" (PDF). Journal of Urban Technology. London: Routledge. 7 (3). doi:10.1080/713684134.
