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The Blair Toilet (a.k.a. Blair Latrine) is a pit toilet designed in the 1970s. It was a result of large-scale projects to improve rural sanitation in Rhodesia under UDI at the Blair Research Institute, and then deployed further during the 1980s after Zimbabwean Independence. There was mass deployment of the toilet design in the rural areas of ...
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]
4) Wall 5) Window 6) Divider 7) Washbasin. A latrine is a toilet or an even simpler facility that is used as a toilet within a sanitation system. For example, it can be a communal trench in the earth in a camp to be used as emergency sanitation, a hole in the ground (pit latrine), or more advanced designs, including pour-flush systems.
Outdoor toilets are referred to by many epithets and terms throughout the English-speaking world varying in levels of politeness and discretion of euphemism to the public taste. [ D ] The term "outhouse" is used in North American English for the structure over a toilet, usually a pit latrine ("long-drop").
The Sanisette contains a toilet behind a door that opens when a button is pressed or, in the case of a pay toilet, a coin inserted into a control panel on the outside of the toilet. A washbasin is provided (the style varies with the model of Sanisette). When a user enters the toilet, the door closes to provide privacy.
Composting toilets can be used to implement an ecological sanitation approach for resource recovery, and some people call their composting toilet designs "ecosan toilets" for that reason. However, this is not recommended as the two terms (i.e. composting and ecosan) are not identical. [3] [4] Schematic of a composting toilet with urine diversion
A large well and bathing platforms at Harappa, remains of the city's final phase of occupation from 2200 to 1900 BCE The bathroom-toilet structure of the ruler's house, on Lothal's acropolis c. 2350 BCE Bathing platform and communal drain, Lothal's acropolis, c. 2350 BCE Well, and drain, Lothal's acropolis, c. 2350 BCE
This design intervention allows for passive surveillance of the space by relocating the shared sink area from the private to the public realm. [17] Alternatively, a sink can be provided in each cubicle or toilet room, e.g. where the unisex toilet is set up to be used by families and carers. The latter arrangement is more friendly to people ...