Sanitation is the process of keeping places clean and healthy, especially by providing a sewage system and a clean water supply.
...the hazards of contaminated water and poor sanitation.
Synonyms: hygiene, cleanliness, sewerage More Synonyms of sanitation
sanitation in British English
(ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən)
noun
the study and use of practical measures for the preservation of public health
sanitation in American English
(ˌsænəˈteɪʃən)
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
Word origin
sanitary + -ation
Examples of 'sanitation' in a sentence
sanitation
Poor sanitation always leads to the spread of disease and to deaths from infectious diseases.
Claudia Hammond EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings (2005)
The collapse of the health and sanitation infrastructure had made it impossible to bring the disease under control.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The subsequent construction of sewers through the teeming city proved beyond doubt the link between poor sanitation and high mortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We feel we should be reimbursed more than has been offered because the hotel was unable to provide basic sanitation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Two billion suffer from poor sanitation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But poor sanitation is how it spreads in the first place and going on holiday without vaccination makes it easy to catch.
The Sun (2011)
He informed us about the poor sanitation, the hygiene and how patients were suffering.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Below: basic sanitation is slowly being installed at the camp.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Four days after his death she led a march in support of sanitation workers in Memphis.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Prisoners at a top security jail are being provided with buckets to use as night-time lavatories because of poor sanitation arrangements.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Documentary of a mother and daughter who live a close and eccentric existence in the Hamptons in decadent defiance of local health and sanitation codes.
Christianity Today (2000)
We saw better housing, better health, better sanitation.
The Sun (2012)
The Government of Bangladesh has now set its own target of universal basic sanitation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Former Dale Farm residents who moved to the legal site have complained of illness due to overcrowding and poor sanitation.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The honesty of her descriptions, which included stories of fleas in the bed and poor sanitation, shamed some parts of her family.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
With serious food shortages and a collapsed health and sanitation system, what is it like to grow up in the troubled southern African country?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
sanitation
British English: sanitation NOUN
Sanitation is the process of keeping places clean and healthy, especially by providing a sewage system and a clean water supply.
...the hazards of contaminated water and poor sanitation.
American English: sanitation
Brazilian Portuguese: saneamento
Chinese: > 公共卫生尤指通过提供排污系统和洁净水源的
European Spanish: servicios sanitarios
French: hygiène
German: Hygiene
Italian: condizioni sanitarie
Japanese: 公衆衛生
Korean: 위생 시설
European Portuguese: saneamento
Latin American Spanish: servicios sanitarios
(noun)
Definition
the drainage and disposal of sewage
the hazards of contaminated water and poor sanitation