A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human waste in a hole in the ground. Urine and feces enter the pit through...

sanitation, a hole in the ground (pit latrine), or more advanced designs, including pour-flush systems. The term "latrine" is still commonly used military...

connected to one or two pits, in which case it is called a "pour flush pit latrine" or a "twin pit pour flush to pit latrine". It can also be connected...

(e.g. wood ash, sawdust, or quick lime) to cover excreta after use. Pit latrine – excluding pour-flush versions with water seal Urine-diverting dry toilet...

from a main building, which covers a toilet. This is typically either a pit latrine or a bucket toilet, but other forms of dry (non-flushing) toilets may...

constructed watertight, to allow liquid to leach out (similar to a pit latrine or to a soak pit). In the UK, a cesspit is a closed tank for the reception and...

system Flush / pour-flush to a pit latrine Pit latrine with slab Ventilated improved pit latrine (abbreviated as VIP latrine) Composting toilet Sanitation...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease emergency). In the case of home pit latrines, some people fear that their toilet pits will get filled very fast if all family members...

portability of bucket latrines can make them a useful part of an appropriate emergency response, especially where pit latrines cannot be isolated from...

toilet in Pitsunda, Abkhazia, Georgia. Squat pit latrine toilet in Poland, Central Europe. Such latrines are seen as a relic of the country's past as...

and pit latrines) without mechanical equipment and without personal protective equipment. These workers are "scooping out feces from ‘dry’ latrines and...

comprising septic tanks, ventilated improved pit latrines (VIP), urine diversion dry toilets and pour-flush pit latrines. The main determinants of urban sanitation...

pit latrine or a septic tank and a water source. In any case, such recommendations about the safe distance are mostly ignored by those building pit latrines...

to a septic system, flush/pour-flush to a pit latrine, ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, composting toilet and/or some special...

handling, human excreta in an insanitary latrine or in an open drain or sewer or in a septic tank or a pit". Manual scavengers usually use hand tools...

frequent emptying. It is not connected to a hole in the ground (like a pit latrine), nor to a septic tank, nor is it plumbed into a municipal system leading...

very broadly as what accumulates in onsite sanitation systems (e.g. pit latrines, septic tanks and container-based solutions) and specifically is not...

there is also no increase in temperature. Composting toilets differ from pit latrines and arborloos, which use less controlled decomposition and may not protect...

pour-flush to piped sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine, ventilated improved pit latrine, pit latrine with slab or a composting toilet. Unimproved sanitation...

collected in a shallow pit and a fruit tree is later planted in the fertile soil of the full pit. Arborloos have: a pit like a pit latrine but less deep; a...

management system (or "dry sanitation" system) is an alternative to pit latrines and flush toilets, especially where water is scarce, a connection to...

Pit additives is a commercially-produced material that aims to reduce fecal sludge build-up and control odor in pit latrines, septic tanks and wastewater...

A portable toilet is not connected to a hole in the ground (like a pit latrine), nor to a septic tank, nor is it plumbed into a municipal system leading...

contaminants, for example fertilizers, wastewater or human excreta from pit latrines.: 611  Droughts reduce river dilution capacities and groundwater levels...

existing pit latrines which lack a supporting infrastructure of fecal sludge collection and processing when the pits are full. Sludge from pit latrines has...

usually a simple hole discharging to the outside into a cesspit (akin to a pit latrine) or the moat (like a fish pond toilet), depending on the structure of...

septic system, flush or pour-flush to a pit latrine, pit latrine with slab, ventilated improved pit latrine, composting toilet. Access to sanitation...

a wheelchair-width door; additional options to upgrade a toilet are pit latrines that include a moveable wood seat with support bars. Accessible toilets...

A burn pit is an area of a United States military base in which waste is disposed of by burning. According to the United States Army field manual, there...

which is human excreta mixed with water, e.g. from septic tanks and pit latrines. They also transport sewage sludge, industrial liquids, or slurries from...