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Poor __Waste Management __ v The Romans' waste __treatment__ management practices were the most developed of any civilization prior to the nineteenth century v The Romans were very advanced technologically We see the evidence of this in their buildings, roads, and aqueducts that are still standing and in some cases still in use v They Romans were concerned with obtaining pure __water__ because it was getting unsanitary __for the people__. v They used the water to flush their sewers v The taps were being turned off all over Europe; they would not be turned on again for nearly a thousand years: Sanitation technology __entered__ its dark ages v A system of eleven aqueducts provided the inhabitants of Rome with water of varying quality, the best being reserved for potable supplies. Poorer-quality water was used in the public baths and in the latrines, which were an early __form__ of toilet v The estimate that the first sewers of ancient Rome were built between 800 and 735 BC. __Drainage systems__ evolved slowly, and began primarily as a means to drain marshes and storm runoff. v In larger Roman towns, people often got sick or died from __drinking water__ that had been contaminated with sewage v To try and __fix__ this problem, many Roman towns built aqueducts to bring in fresh water from the hills outside of the towns. They also built public latrines and systems of sewage pipes to carry it out of the streets and dumping it into the Tiber River.

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