sanitary engineer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsanitaryandengineer
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sanitary
adjective
uk/ˈsæn.ɪ.tər.i/us/ˈsæn.ə.ter.i/
clean and not dangerous for your health, or protecting health by removing dirt and waste, especially ...
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engineer
noun[C]
uk/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/us/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using ...
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(Definition ofsanitaryandengineerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He took up the position rather of thesanitaryengineerwho proceeded to close up the old cesspools before making new drains.
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It was to consist, we were told, of asanitaryengineer, a town planner, and architect, and a landscape gardener.
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The post is held by the former chiefsanitaryengineer.
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Let us not forget that the modernsanitaryengineerhas done more to aid the health of the civilised community than even doctors.
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Thesanitaryengineermade an order that he should get these repairs done.
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His technical account, however, contained details that might raise concerns for fellow sanitary engineers.
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The book is less successful in explaining why the nation's pioneering sanitary engineers and health reformers were able to achieve so much.
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Since the water quantity could not be reduced in the winter, the sanitary engineers recommended that the sewage be treated prior to discharge onto the fields.
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Wielding a mixture of filth and germ theory, and assorted forms of contagionism, sanitary engineers implored local authorities to abandon tipping and adopt burning before the visitation of an epidemic.
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Subsidence is something which is happening all the time, and it upsets all the calculations of sanitary engineers and others.
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It is said by some that sanitary engineers are the highest production of civilisation.
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I suppose we ought to consider ourselves lucky that the sanitary engineers did not go further and ask to be known as "privy councillors".
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The flow of the number of gallons passing is a simple thing to measure, and sanitary engineers can say how many million gallons are required to keep a river clean.
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Neither sanitary engineers nor the public at large were ready for chemical disinfection.
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Baylis was one of the first sanitary engineers to raise concerns about open finished water reservoirs.
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