Concetti Chiave
- Bucket latrines are typically separate structures near the main house, featuring a wooden box with a hole and a back opening for emptying the bucket.
- They are cost-effective and easier to construct compared to modern toilets, making them a viable option in certain contexts.
- Key disadvantages include health risks from exposure to waste, breeding grounds for disease-carrying insects, and unsightly appearance.
- Maintenance involves daily and weekly cleaning routines, including disinfecting surfaces and managing waste with sand or sawdust.
- Modern toilets are increasingly replacing bucket latrines in urban areas, while rural regions often use pit latrines instead.
Bucket or Pail latrine
Common features
1. It is normally built as a separate unit a short distance away from the main house.
2. It is made up of a wooden stand or box with a hole in the seat, and an opening at the back.
3. The bucket is normally emptied trough the back opening.
4. The box is placed over a strong metal bucket.
5. The box normally has a lid or cover.
Advantages:
- it us easier to build than a modern toilet.
- it is cheaper than a modern toilet.
Disadvantages:
- the content of the bucket (faeces) has to be emptied. Night-solimen, people who carry the bucket are scarce. It is not healthy for people to carry faeces on their heads.
- the faeces is easily exposed.
- flies and insects (disease carriers) can breed the bucket latrine.
- it can be a source of disease.
- it is not healthy and hygienic.
- it is unsightly.
The modern toilet is today fast displacing the bucket latrine in many urban towns in developing countries. In the rural areas it is not in use. Pit latrines are common in rural areas.
Daily care:
1. Open the windows; sprinkle water lightly on the floor and sweep thoroughly.
2. Wash the box and lid with disinfectant solution.
3. Mop the floor; supply sand or saw dust or ash.
4. Supply toilet paper if necessary.
It is important to provide sand or saw dust or ash which users can sprinkle over the waste matter after each use. The sand and saw dust covers the waste matter.
Weekly care:
1. Open the windows and empty the room.
2. Scrub the box and the lid thoroughly with disinfectant solution and leave outside to dry.
3. Empty the bucket and scrub using a special long stuff brush or broom and disinfectant solution. Leave in the sun to dry.
4. Sweep down the ceiling, wall doors and windows to remove cobwebs.
5. Scrub the floor thoroughly and when the floor of dry replace the bucket and box.
6. Refill the sand, saw dust or ash container.
7. Supply toilet paper if required.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuáles son las características comunes de un retrete de cubo o balde?
- ¿Cuáles son las ventajas y desventajas de un retrete de cubo o balde?
- ¿Qué cuidados diarios y semanales se recomiendan para un retrete de cubo o balde?
Un retrete de cubo o balde se construye normalmente como una unidad separada de la casa principal, consta de un soporte o caja de madera con un agujero en el asiento y una abertura trasera para vaciar el cubo de metal que se coloca debajo.
Las ventajas incluyen su facilidad de construcción y menor costo en comparación con un inodoro moderno. Las desventajas son la necesidad de vaciar el cubo, la exposición de las heces, la proliferación de insectos, y su falta de higiene y estética.
Diariamente, se debe ventilar, limpiar el piso y lavar la caja con desinfectante. Semanalmente, se debe vaciar y desinfectar el cubo, limpiar a fondo la caja y el piso, y reponer arena, aserrín o ceniza para cubrir los desechos.
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