Well, you also have the old-style outhouse, where you have a small building,
including a seat, located above a pit which receives the waste. The temporary
latrines used at construction sites are much the same, except that the "pit" is
the bottom portion of the latrine, and the whole thing is hauled away to be
emptied. I have seen parks where these "temporary" portable latrines are in
year-round use, to spare the expense of having to install water supply pipes
and sewers.
Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2013/6/20 Brian Wolford <worldwidewolf...@gmail.com>
>
> > you can have pits with flush or without so this modification doesn't
> work.
> >> What are the benefits of the changes you propose?
> >>
> >> I think it is referring to the "front-end" or "user-experience" of
> the
> > toilet. In which case it wouldn't be both flush or pit, flush being
> water
> > carries it away, and pit being a drop directly into a stationary
> container.
> >
>
>
>
> +1 for flush being water carrying it away, but I thought pit would
> refer to
> a hole in the "ground" (or floor, i.e. a place where you stand to do
> your
> business) as opposed to a seat, but now I understand you see this as
> opposed to being attached to the sewers? IMHO the most important
> "front-end" experience is the distinction between standing and being
> seated
> (when it comes to toilet typology).
>
> cheers,
> Martin
>
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