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	Pit toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pit toilets are used in rural and wilderness areas as well as in much of the so-called 'developing world'.
		The slit-trench latrine is the simplest type of pit toilet, consisting of a relatively shallow (3-6 feet/1-2 metres in depth) trench narrow enough to stand with one leg on either side.
		Some pit toilets, which are used by a great number of people -- such as a public restroom in rural areas, or in a woodland park or busy lay-by, rest stop or other similarly busy location -- are built with a concrete lining for permanence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pit_toilet (795 words)

	Latrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pit toilets, or pit latrines, are the simplest and cheapest type, minimally defined as a hole in the ground.
		A Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) Latrine is latrine that reduces two of the most common problems with a simplepit latrine; odor and fly/mosquito breeding.
		Apart from offering significant reduction in risk from waterborne-diseases, this type of ecological sanitation provides the closing of some nutrient cycles by allowing the safe, composted waste to be used as a "free" soil treatment in agriculture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Latrine (331 words)

	FDA/CFSAN - GRADE "A" PASTEURIZED MILK ORDINANCE (PMO) 2001 Revision
		Flush toilets are preferable to pit privies, earth closets or chemical toilets at both dairy farms and milk plants.
		A masonry-vault privy is essentially a pit privy in which the pit is lined with impervious materials and in which provision is made for the removal of excreta.
		In some areas where pit toilets might menace water supplies, where a sufficient volume of water for the operation of flush toilets is not available and where there is no prohibitive statute or ordinance, the chemical toilet may be accepted.
	www.cfsan.fda.gov /~ear/pmo01c.html (7161 words)

	Biomite treatment plant supplier, Outdoor toilets, pit toilets by Ecosan manufacturers of the Ecosan waterless dry ...
		Although the Ecosan waterless toilet is the ideal solution for environmental sanitation, there are still some developing countries where the cost of sanitation is beyond the financial means of it's citizens.
		As a temporary measure, in mostly low cost housing developments, some countries are installing pit toilets to at least provide a safer and cheaper way of addressing the sanitation problems.
		Pit toilets can be installed in a controlled location where water contamination of rivers, streams and underground water resources are less likely.
	myweb.absa.co.za /ernstt/toilets.html (188 words)

	CT DEP: State Parks and Forests - Winter Activities - Ski Touring
		Pit toilets are located in park and a w arming hut is located to the left of entry.
		Pit toilet and winter parking for 50 vehicles is located at headquarters.
		Pit toilets are at parking lot and shelter adjacent to sledding hill.
	dep.state.ct.us /stateparks/recinfo/skitour.htm (801 words)

	REMOTE WASTE MANAGEMENT
		When the pit is full to within 457.2 millimeters of the top, a new pit is dug, the floor, seat, and building structure are moved to the new pit, and the old pit is covered with dirt.
		Flush toilets are unexpected in backcountry areas and may be perceived as an unwelcome intrusion of civilization.
		Composting toilets have been shown to be capable of reducing pathogens to Class A levels even though the temperatures generated are lower than those required by the CFR 40, 503 regulations.
	www.fs.fed.us /eng/pubs/html/95231202/95231202.html (8672 words)

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		This yellow block current pit toilet is located on the KATY Trail and HWY 94 on the only land actually deeded to Danial Boone.
		Pit toilet structures are located about every 10 to 12 miles on the trail.
		The Matson Station Pit Toilet is a focal point of good clean fun for families on a budget.
	www.thebathroomdiaries.com /usa/missouri/matson.html (205 words)

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		Most backcountry toilets at Mount Rainier are pit toilets and many backcountry camps have sufficient permeable soil to accommodate these toilets.
		The pit toilets are maintained by removing waste with a post-hole digger, a poor solution but a reliable one.
		One of the pit toilets was taken out of service in 1994, but the size of the area and difficult weather conditions makes a second toilet necessary.
	www.uvm.edu /~rlachape/sites-mtr.htm (792 words)

	India's new loos save lives \| csmonitor.com
		The toilet he is referring to is a simple canvas and wood shed around a simple Asian squat-type toilet that empties into a composting pit.
		Next to the toilet museum, Sulabh is putting its ideals to work in a public school, where about 400 lower-caste children receive the usual mix of reading, writing, and arithmetic, along with vocation training in tailoring, electrician work, fashion design, computers, and audio-equipment and television repair.
		Once a pit is filled up, the refuse is diverted to the second pit, allowing the full pit to slowly dry out and break down the human refuse into composted manure that is safe enough to use in agriculture and even household vegetable gardens.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0210/p06s01-wosc.htm (1038 words)

	Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In ecological sanitation excreta are not discharge or buried in deep pits.
		The toilet installed in the home (indoor) it may be above the floor or in the same level when there is a space available below the floor for constructing a chamber (in this case a chute runs from the slab to the chamber).
		In order to maintain proper ventilation of the faeces chamber, the toilet lid (locally manufactured) as shown in Figure (5) has suitable spacers attached, so that a gap of 10 mm is left for the free flow of air from the toilet room, through the faeces chamber, and out via the vent pipe.
	www.phg.org /projects/dry/dry.html (1676 words)

	The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Nagapattinam News : Permanent houses in tsunami-hit areas require hygienic toilets
		The pit latrine toilet was the only model known to the authorities, the UNICEF and the specialists.
		The pit latrines had certain limitations but a massive programme was launched to construct the same in all the shelters as a crisis management measure as the thousands of fishermen used only to open defecation in the wide sandy beaches.
		The condition of the pit latrines in the high water table coastal areas will be much worse than the situation in the temporary shelters.
	www.hindu.com /2006/02/07/stories/2006020711460300.htm (649 words)

	Experiments using urine and humus derived from ecological toilets
		Arborloo refers to a simple, low cost, shallow pit toilet where the toilet slab and structure are portable and move from one pit site to the next at about one yearly intervals.
		Also the pits are dug deliberately shallow, which makes them easy to excavate for the family, but perhaps more importantly, also distances them more from the underground water table, thus reducing the risks of underground water contamination.
		Arborloo pit soil was a combination of faeces, urine and poor topsoil only, revealing the high source of all the major plant nutrients derived from the excreta alone.
	aquamor.tripod.com /KYOTO.htm (4467 words)

	Sewage concerns for RV Living
		Pit toilets, often called latrines or outhouses, are becoming less and less common as they are simply holes in the ground where liquid leaches into the soil and solids accumulate until it is necessary to cover them over and dig another hole somewhere else.
		These are like pit toilets but use a concrete or plastic vault instead of a hole in the ground to hold waste.
		Make sure that your toilet waste seal is functioning properly and there is nothing keeping it from fully closing (bits of toilet paper are a common problem in seal seats).
	sierranevadaairstreams.org /owners-guide/living/sewage.html (1896 words)

	LineaAqua Learning Center Toilet
		A toilet is a plumbing fixture primarily intended for the disposal of bodily wastes.
		The most common type of toilet in the West is the flush toilet, although the squat toilet is still somewhat common in public restrooms in southern and eastern Europe (including parts of France, Greece, Italy, and the Balkans) as well as East Asia (China and Japan) and other places.
		In the home, a toilet may or may not be in the same room as a shower, bathtub, and/or wash basin.
	www.lineaaqua.net /kitchen_bathroom_articles/what_is_a_toilet.php (728 words)

	My Garden Laboratory
		It is possible, for instance, to cast a larger ring beam with an internal diameter of 1 metre and an outer diameter of 1.3 metres using a mix of 6 litres of cement and 35litres clean river sand.
		When the pit is dug down to one metre inside this larger ring beam the pit size in increased by about 1.5 times, compared to the 0.85m diameter pit.
		When pits are dug with greater capacity they take longer to fill, and thus the movement of the slab and toilet house needs to take place less often.
	aquamor.tripod.com /Arbook.htm (3091 words)

	R13m pit-toilet claims rejected: South Africa: News: News24
		Maphiri's report indicated that the company that was given the toilet contract was not on the tender shortlist, nor was it registered with the registrar of companies and it didn't have a VAT number.
		He is also accused of paying a company in advance to do an audit of the toilets.
		Thani reportedly cancelled the contracts of two companies that were initially hired for the project, on baseless rumours that they had performed poorly on other projects.
	www.news24.com /News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1865210,00.html (353 words)

	Phoenix Public Facility Application Guide
		A composting toilet is a system that provides an environment within a container for aerobic (in the presence of oxygen) decomposition and stabilization of waste.
		This is true even when water is used only for washing, as in the case of a facility equipped with pit toilets.
		The Phoenix is kept odorless by drawing air through the toilet and tank, and expelling it through a vent in the roof.
	www.compostingtoilet.com /Public/Ap_Guide/Ap_Guide.htm (4778 words)

	SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WINSTON MOTOR SPORTS, LLC, BRUCE STONE, AND Bx MOTOR ...
		An accessible portable toilet for spectators must be provided at all scheduled events until the accessible permanent unisex toilet room for spectators is available for use (see ¶ 16(A), below).
		Pit Toilet Rooms: The men’s and women’s toilet rooms in the pit are not accessible.
		An accessible portable toilet must be provided in the pit area at every scheduled event until the accessible permanent unisex toilet room in the pit is available for use (see ¶ 16(B), below).
	www.usdoj.gov /crt/ada/winstonmotor.htm (1679 words)

	Biology Department: Monahan Outdoor Education Center
		Currently, a modern pit toilet is being constructed adjacent to the pavilion by the PSU College of Technology and a wetland area is being constructed south of the grassed mound (with funding from the Natural Resource Conservation Service).
		On the western boundary of the area was large a strip pit lake.
		Cattails were growing in the marshy area at the south end of the large pit, approximately 2.7 acres in area.
	www.pittstate.edu /biol/monahan.html (2551 words)

	Ecosan Australia dry toilet and waterless toilet system supplier in Australia
		After a 18 month test period the toilet was officialy launched in December 2000 and since then a vast number of the toilets have been installed.
		The Ecosan toilet has also been accepted very well in the rest of Africa and a sole distributor for the Caribbean and South America was appointed in September 2003.
		A Ecosan toilet factory is on the planning boards and the toilets will be manufactured in Australia soon.
	www.ecosanaustralia.com.au (547 words)

	Using sanitation to promote local economic development in Ozwathini, KwaZulu-Natal - IRC International Water and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ndlovu is paid R50 per completed ventilated improved pit (VIP) toilet, for which he has to inspect the various phases in pit and toilet construction work five times.
		The amount would increase up to R400 per toilet where additional pit lining was required, or if the pit and toilet had to be elevated owing to hard rock.
		Her main challenge is transporting completed toilet seats to the group of households where the builders are working.
	www.irc.nl /page/25063 (1285 words)

	Opening of Eco-toilet in Gozhuly
		In Poltava rayon there are 30 schools: 12 schools are with inside toilets, 5 schools have toilet and pit latrines and 13 schools — only with pit latrines.
		In cold time of the year from October till April the children use cold pit latrines, that is not healthy and comfortable.
		Pit latrines are the children problems forgotten by adults.
	www.mama-86.org.ua /csrd/gozhuly_e.htm (404 words)

	Coffee Kids \| Community - Cosautlan
		One of the major disadvantages of a pit toilet is that it only lasts about a year (or until the pit fills) before another pit must be dug.
		Another drawback is that during the rainy season, these pits fill with water, emit a strong odor, and contaminate nearby arroyos and natural springs.
		Currently, six other composting latrines are under construction in the community and are nearly completed, and 30 other community members have expressed interest in constructing these latrines on their land.
	www.coffeekids.org /profiles/community/cosautlan.htm (759 words)

	The Sunny John Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On the other hand, a moldering toilet is simply a composting toilet that is built to allow for very long term slow composting in place – the waste molders, rather than composts, much as leaves and plant debris "molder" on the surface of soil through the action of bacteria, fungi, and microorganisms.
		On the other hand, the flush toilet is pretty much the be all and end all of human living in much of the modern world.
		The toilet stools can be placed on the north or south side of the room, in the sun or the shade.
	www.sunnyjohn.com /toiletpapers2.htm (4328 words)

	Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park - Visit the Park - Napau Trail
		There is a campground and pit toilet at the end of the trail.
		Trekking over lava rivers and through lava channels, appreciating the fragile beauty of lava trees, peering into pit craters, and imagining a time when molten rock once sloshed like water in a perched lava pond, hikers will find that this trail offers an experience for all to enjoy.
		There is a pit toilet at the Mauna Ulu trailhead and at the Napau campsite - please use them.
	www.nps.gov /havo/visitor/napau.htm (897 words)

	HUFFCUTT CONCRETE INC. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lake Hallie Boat Landing, Eau Claire, WI PT175 Unisex pit toilet with one stool and one urinal.
		Brule River State Forest, Brule, WI PT450 pit toilet building with three stools and one urinal, and doors in the end of the building.
		Snyder Lake Park, Clark County, WI PT450 pit toilet building with three stools and one urinal, and doors on the side of the building.
	www.huffcutt.com /restroom_buildings.html (398 words)

	newsobserver.com \| State Parks - Camping
		Toilets and showers are also nearby when listed; "accessible" means a longer walk.
		Primitive camping via 1.7-mile trail: pit toilet; no fires allowed, permit required.
		Nine tent-only sites: flush toilets during warm seasons, pit toilets, picnic tables, grills.
	www.newsobserver.com /1148/story/398206.html (1726 words)

	Randolph Mountain Club - Composting Toilets
		Unlike many composting toilet systems, it is all right for users to urinate into this system.
		The toilet seat is situated over a sealed container where the waste is stored.
		Crag Camp also used a pit toilet for the collection of waste in the winter.
	www.randolphmountainclub.org /sheltersinfo/compostingtoilets.html (798 words)

	newsobserver.com
		Two group sites accessible by trail, one for up to 20 people, one for up to 35: pit toilets, fire circles, picnic tables.
		Four primitive group camping sites for up to 25 people each are accessible by trail: pit toilets, drinking water, picnic tables, fire pits, grills.
		One group site for up to 26: pit toilet, two fire rings, fire pit, benches.
	www.newsobserver.com /1148/v-print/story/398206.html (1699 words)

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