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Sanitation and Wastewater Management - Saving Public Health and Sustaining Environment
| Date: | August 2006 |
| Type: | Brochures and Flyers |
| Subject: | |
| Series: | Water Briefs |
Description
Sanitation refers to hygienic practices of disposing human waste in ways that do not harm the environment and general public health. Good sanitation greatly depends on household responsibilities to choose, use, and maintain the technology, such as a toilet and a septic tank.
This brief discusses the importance of sanitation in helping the poor.
