شبكة تصريف المياه والمجاري

16:04 Nov 23, 2007
Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Surveying
Arabic term or phrase: شبكة تصريف المياه والمجاري
مد شبكة تصريف المياه والمجاري
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1sewerage
Abdelmonem Samir
5 +1The water drainage & sewerage network
Sayed Moustafa talawy
5 +1Water Supply and Sanitation Network/ Water and Sewerage Network
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
5drainage and sewer network
zax
5Sanitation grid
Fayez Roumieh
5Drinking Water Supply and Sanitry Sewage system
Neamaat Shehatah


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sewerage


Explanation:


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Sewer : An artificial, usually underground conduit for carrying off sewage or rainwater. (AHD)



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Sewerage is the system of sewers that conveys wastewater to a treatment plant or disposal point. The term "sewerage" also includes all the pumps, rising mains, gravity mains, air release valves, screens, overflows and associated infrastructure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewerage

Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 22:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Khalid Nasir: prefered with the word system so Sewerage System for any city is a collection of all pipes and mains, treatment plants, and discharge lines (sewers) for carrying surface water and sewage for disposal
17 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
drainage and sewer network


Explanation:
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zax
Local time: 16:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The water drainage & sewerage network


Explanation:
The water drainage & sewerage network
http://www.keip.in/sewerage_and_drainage.htm

Sayed Moustafa talawy
Local time: 22:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

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agree  Sam Shalalo
15 hrs
  ->  thanks sam
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Sanitation grid


Explanation:
Please search in the two sites below

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Water and sanitation grid


    Reference: http://www.un.org/events/wssd/summaries/envdevj6.htm
    Reference: http://europeandcis.undp.org/environment/wg
Fayez Roumieh
United States
Local time: 16:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Water Supply and Sanitation Network/ Water and Sewerage Network


Explanation:
I think it is safe to say that it is more than one network and one would expect that the word system would be more accommodating entailing both services. This was found in the link below:


"... to halve the number of people without access to improved water supply and sanitation by the year 2015"




    Reference: http://web.mit.edu/watsan/
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
Local time: 23:54
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexander Yeltsov: Water Supply and Sanitation System
22 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot Ya Dhulqarnain!
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1 day 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Drinking Water Supply and Sanitry Sewage system


Explanation:
حيث أن مصطلح تصريف المياه يتضمن أيضاً الإمداد بمياه الشرب، كما أن" الهيئة العامة لمرفق الصرف الصحي بالقاهرة الكبرى" تترجم "National Authority for Water Supply and Sanitry Sewage"

Neamaat Shehatah
Egypt
Local time: 22:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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