Timeline of sanitation
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This is a timeline of sanitation.
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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Full timeline
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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. | ||
| 1890 | The first sewage treatment plant in the United States using chemical precipitation is built in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1890.[2]:2[3] | United States |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
