Csatornázott

Csatornázott is a Hungarian adjective formed from csatorna, meaning channel, sewer, or conduit, and the suffix -zott, indicating that something has been equipped with or connected to it. The term is used to describe places, areas, or objects that have been provided with a sewer or drainage system, or that are part of such a system.

In urban contexts, csatornázott typically refers to settlements or districts that have an operational public sewer network and wastewater management. A csatornázott település or rész csatornázottsága implies that wastewater is collected and transported through a sewer system to a treatment facility, as opposed to discharge into surface water or soil. The designation is common in planning documents and historical records when describing the development of municipal infrastructure.

In rural and agricultural contexts, csatornázás also denotes the construction of drainage networks intended to remove excess groundwater or surface water from fields. Here, csatornázott terület or csatornákkal ellátott terület indicates land that benefits from artificial drainage channels or ditches to improve field conditions and reduce flooding risk. Although related, agricultural drainage and urban sewers serve different purposes and are typically governed by separate systems and regulations.

Etymologically, the word reflects the broader concept of channeling water through artificial conduits, but its precise meaning depends on context—urban sewage networks versus agricultural drainage. The term is standard in Hungarian civil engineering, urban planning, and geography, and is often contrasted with csatornahálózat (sewer network) and csatornázás (the act or process of constructing or maintaining such networks).