As nouns the difference between sanitation and wastewater
is that sanitation is the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste while wastewater is any water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.
sanitation
Noun
(
en noun)
The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.
Hypernyms
* (policy and practice) public health
Related terms
* sanitarian
* sanitary
* sanitisation
* sanitise
* sanitization
* sanitize
See also
* sewage
* sewage treatment
* microorganisms
* disease
* disinfection
wastewater
English
Noun
(
wikipedia wastewater)
(
en noun)
Any water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.
Synonyms
* sewage