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  2. Flush toilet - Wikipedia

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    A typical flush toilet is a fixed, vitreous ceramic bowl (also known as a pan) which is connected to a drain. After use, the bowl is emptied and cleaned by the rapid flow of water into the bowl. This flush may flow from a dedicated tank (cistern), a high-pressure water pipe controlled by a flush valve, or by manually pouring water into the bowl.

  3. Toilet - Wikipedia

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    A dry toilet (or non-flush toilet, no flush toilet or toilet without a flush) is a toilet which, unlike a flush toilet, does not use flush water. [18] Dry toilets do not use water to move excreta along or block odors. [19] They do not produce sewage, and are not connected to a sewer system or septic tank. Instead, excreta falls through a drop ...

  4. Dual flush toilet - Wikipedia

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    A dual flush toilet; note the two buttons at the top of the cistern. A dual flush toilet is a variation of the flush toilet that uses two buttons or a handle mechanism to flush different amounts of water. The purpose of this mechanism is to reduce the volume of water used to flush different types of waste. The design takes advantage of the fact ...

  5. Pit latrine - Wikipedia

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    Pit latrine. A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human waste in a hole in the ground. [2] Urine and feces enter the pit through a drop hole in the floor, which might be connected to a toilet seat or squatting pan for user comfort. [2] Pit latrines can be built to function without water (dry toilet) or they ...

  6. Cistern - Wikipedia

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    A traditional gravity toilet tank concluding the flush cycle. The modern toilet utilises a cistern to reserve and hold the correct amount of water required to flush the toilet bowl. In earlier toilets, the cistern was located high above the toilet bowl and connected to it by a long pipe.

  7. Low-flush toilet - Wikipedia

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    A low-flush toilet (or low-flow toilet or high-efficiency toilet) is a flush toilet that uses significantly less water than traditional high-flow toilets. Before the early 1990s in the United States, standard flush toilets typically required at least 3.5 gallons (13.2 litres) per flush and they used float valves that often leaked, increasing their total water use.