Concetti Chiave
- Un pit toilet è costituito da una fossa profonda 4-6 metri coperta da lastre di cemento o assi resistenti, con un'apertura dotata di coperchio.
- Viene costruito lontano dalla casa e a distanza dai pozzi d'acqua per evitare contaminazioni.
- I vantaggi includono costi inferiori rispetto ai bagni moderni, utilizzo di materiali locali e nessuna necessità di acqua per lo scarico.
- Tra gli svantaggi figurano cattivi odori, rischio di proliferazione di insetti e possibilità di contaminazione delle acque.
- La manutenzione prevede pulizie quotidiane e settimanali con l'uso di disinfettanti e una copertura aderente per ridurre i rischi igienici.
Pit Toilet
There are different types of toilets. Each has special features and requires care.
Common features:
1. It is made up a pit of about 4-6m covered with concrete slabs or strong planks and provided with an opening. This opening must have a well fitting cover or lid.
2. It should be built some distance away a from the house, but not near a water well.
3. The floor could be concrete, wooden or mud.
4. There is normally a roof which could be thatched or made of corrugated iron sheets.
Advantages:
- it is not as expensive as a modern toilet.
- it can be built with local materials.
- it does not require water for flushing.
- it does not require the use of only soft toilet tissue paper.
- items which can be block the water system toilet such as sanitary pads can be thrown into the pit toilet.
Disadvantages:
- it cannot be a part of the main house.
- it often gives off bad smell.
- files and insects can easily breed in and around the pit toilet. These are disease carriers.
- any well water near a pit toilet can easily be contaminated.
- it is not durable. It can fill up easily especially when it is shallow.
- a person can fall into a pit toilet.
- it is not hygienic and convenient.
Daily cleaning of pit toilet:
1. Provide the pit with a close fitting lid or cover.
2. Sprinkle water lightly on mud or concrete floor. Sweep the floor.
3. Clean the edge of he hole and the kid using disinfectant solution and stiff broom.
4. Supply toilet paper if necessary.
Weekly cleaning:
1. Sweep down the ceiling and walls to remove cobwebs.
2. Sprinkle water lightly on the floor and sweep thoroughly.
3. Scrub the floor thoroughly according to type. Use disinfectant water and scrub lid
4. Supply toilet paper if needed.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuáles son las características comunes de un inodoro de pozo?
- ¿Cuáles son las ventajas de un inodoro de pozo?
- ¿Qué medidas de limpieza diaria se recomiendan para un inodoro de pozo?
Un inodoro de pozo se compone de un pozo de aproximadamente 4-6 metros cubierto con losas de concreto o tablones fuertes, con una abertura que debe tener una tapa bien ajustada. Debe construirse a cierta distancia de la casa y no cerca de un pozo de agua. El piso puede ser de concreto, madera o barro, y normalmente tiene un techo que puede ser de paja o de láminas de hierro corrugado.
Las ventajas incluyen que no es tan costoso como un inodoro moderno, puede construirse con materiales locales, no requiere agua para el lavado, no necesita solo papel higiénico suave, y se pueden arrojar al pozo artículos que podrían bloquear un sistema de agua, como las toallas sanitarias.
Se recomienda proporcionar una tapa bien ajustada al pozo, rociar ligeramente con agua el piso de barro o concreto y barrerlo, limpiar el borde del agujero y la tapa con una solución desinfectante y una escoba rígida, y suministrar papel higiénico si es necesario.
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