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... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > personal consumption and waste > septic system
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septic system  

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  • The septic system was invented around 1860 in France by Jean Mouras, who developed a one-chamber anaerobic waste digestion system. The technology was adopted throughout Europe and the United States, as well as in colonial Africa through French colonial administrations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Septic System]

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