World Toilet Day

[Richard]

This is serious business...I s**t you not!

Actually...it is.

See a lot of people squatting in the open today? Don't be offended. The so-called "big squat" was held worldwide to coincide with the 10th annual World Toilet Day, an initiative to bring awareness to the need for adequate sanitary facilities.

Every day, some 1.1 billion people go to the bathroom without any type of toilet, according to the World Health Organization. And even with a toilet, facilities are not necessarily sanitary. WaterAid America estimates that roughly 2.5 billion people – nearly 40 percent of the global population – do their business unsafely, often in public spaces.

And so it goes...

Richard

World Toilet Day
CSM, 19 Nov 2010

World Toilet Day is organized by the Singapore-based World Toilet Organization, which has 235 member organizations in 58 countries "working toward eliminating the toilet taboo and delivering sustainable sanitation." Here's a list of the world's worst nations in terms of people lacking access to sanitary facilities.

10. Niger: 12 million

Four in 5 people in Niger go in the open, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That's about 12 million people, or 79 percent of the 14.7 million population in the north-central African nation. It's a slight improvement from the 84 percent of the population who did their business in the open in 1990, according to the WHO's 2010 update on progress on improving sanitation.

9. Brazil: 13 million

About 13 million Brazilians go to the bathroom in the open, according to the WHO, although this is only about 7 percent of the nation's population of 192 million people. Over the past two decades, about 80 percent of the population saw an improvement in sanitation facilities, allowing more than 50 million people to gain access to better facilities. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, the percentage of the regional population openly defecating dropped from 17 percent in 1990 to 6 percent in 2008.

8. Nepal: 15 million

The Himalayan nation wedged between India and China has low use of sanitation facilities, with some 52 percent of the 29 million population lacking access to indoor plumbing. Still, 31 percent of the population – or 6.8 million people – have seen improved sanitation facilities over the past two decades

7. Sudan: 17 million

More than 17 million people, or 41 percent of the population, in the northern African nation of Sudan use the outdoors as their bathrooms.

6. Nigeria: 33 million

Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, also has the world's 6th highest number of citizens going to the bathroom outside. Of 151 million people living in Nigeria, 33 million do it in the open. Still, more than 12 million people there have gained access to sanitation facilities over the past two decades.

Across Sub-Saharan Africa over the past two decades, the number of people not using sanitary facilities fell 25 percent, according to the WHO's 2010 update.

5. Pakistan: 48 million

Of Pakistan's 177 million people, about 48 million go where they please. But Pakistan has seen incredible gains over the past two decades in increasing access to toilets and other sanitation facilities, with 47 million people no longer defecating in the open, according to the WHO's 2010 update on progress on sanitation and drinking water.

But Pakistan saw setbacks recently with the massive flooding that displaced millions of people and worsened already poor sanitation conditions, as the Monitor reported.

4. Ethiopia: 49 million

Seven in 10 people in Ethiopia's rural areas don't use indoor toilets. The landlocked nation on the Horn of Africa has seen minimal progress over the past two decades in increasing sanitation access, with only 12 percent of the population gaining improved services.

Next-door neighbor Eritrea, on the Red Sea, has one of the world's lowest rates of toilet use, with about 85 percent of the population defecating in the open

3. China: 50 million

China has 50 million citizens going in the open. That's only 4 percent of its 1.3 billion population. More than 267 million Chinese have gained access to improved sanitation since 1990, according to the WHO. As the Los Angeles Times recently found, China's surge in wealth is also causing a spike in toilet purchases. Nearly 19 million toilets are sold in China annually – double the number sold in America.

China is one of the few countries where going to the bathroom outside is much more common in cities than in the countryside. Six percent of the urban population – compared to 2 percent of the rural population – go in the open, according the WHO's 2010 update on sanitation.

2. Indonesia: 58 million

About 58 million Indonesians, 26 percent of its population, don't use toilets. Southern Asia, home to 64 percent of the world's population that still uses the bathroom in the open, has seen the practice decrease the most – from 66 percent in 1990 to 44 percent in 2008.

1. India: 638 million

The world's second-most populous nation, after China, has the world's largest number of people going outdoors. Nearly 640 million Indians, or 54 percent of the 1.1 billion population, lack access to toilets or other sanitation facilities. In some states, the Monitor reported last year, the problem was so bad that village women started a slogan: “No toilet, no bride.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Globa...ger-12-million

[dr. mabuse]

Hey, our government could fix 2 problems at once.

Let's send our useless low volume flush toilets to those in need and we can replace ours with the old larger volume flush toilets that actually worked.

The uber asshats that came up with the low volume idea aren't smart enough to realize that people flush more than once as a matter of habit anyway with low volume units to get the job done, defeating the intention of saving water.

Glad I got that load off my, er, mind.

[JJ_BPK]

Good $h1T..

[Gypsy]

Originally Posted by dr. mabuse

The uber asshats that came up with the low volume idea aren't smart enough to realize that people flush more than once as a matter of habit anyway with low volume units to get the job done, defeating the intention of saving water.

So one day I'm flipping through the channels and some guy gutted someone's basement to turn it into a rental for extra income. The toilet had dual flush. Yep, had two buttons at the top of the tank...1 button for numba 1 and 1 button for numba 2.

[JJ_BPK]

Originally Posted by Gypsy

Yep, had two buttons at the top of the tank...1 button for numba 1 and 1 button for numba 2.

A friend has the 2 button loo,, big $$.

We put in the 1 gal type when we built in 97,, just changed to the new style and it flushes much better.. but we didn't go the 2 button route..

[Nightfall]

They left out France, well I guess just Paris anyhow... They have them, I suppose they just chose not to use them, so I guess it doesn't count.

This post reminds me, I need to go snake my toilet, AGAIN. 3 y/o kids like to flush the most random of objects. These super high tech toilets aren't fond of stuffed animals.

[PSM]

We've had Toto Drakes (made in Viet Nam, of course ) for 6 years and they are great! Zero problems. Zero double flushes.

Pat

[brown77]

Originally Posted by Gypsy

So one day I'm flipping through the channels and some guy gutted someone's basement to turn it into a rental for extra income. The toilet had dual flush. Yep, had two buttons at the top of the tank...1 button for numba 1 and 1 button for numba 2.

Dual flush toilets are bog standard (no pun intended) round these parts, where water conservation is an issue. Makes for challenging decision-making after a few rounds in the pub... "big button or little button ?"

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by PSM

We've had Toto Drakes (made in Viet Nam, of course ) for 6 years and they are great! Zero problems. Zero double flushes.

Pat

We have the Drakes as well. Great toilets, it really takes a lot to stop them.

TR

[Dusty]

This thread reminds me of Cheryl Crow for some reason.

[dr. mabuse]

This forum is helpful in all areas of life.

Getting the straight poop on almost any issue.

Toto Drake
A contemporary, high profile design makes the Toto Drake toilet one of the most popular models in our inventory. Featuring the quiet yet powerful G-Max flushing system, the Toto Drake toilet not only infuses your bathroom with style, but also enhances it with efficient, commercial grade flushing performance.

Now that's what I'm talking about.

Bet the average Taliban fighter doesn't have access to thrones like these.

[x SF med]

Well, I'm getting flushed listening to all you guys talk sh*t... thanks Richard for starting the effluent rolling downhill, we can always count on you...

[GratefulCitizen]

Originally Posted by dr. mabuse

The uber asshats that came up with the low volume idea aren't smart enough to realize that people flush more than once as a matter of habit anyway with low volume units to get the job done, defeating the intention of saving water.

I always flush twice.
It's a long way to Kalifornia.
(Gotta make sure the cargo gets there.)

[Gypsy]

Originally Posted by JJ_BPK

A friend has the 2 button loo,, big $$.

I know, it's insane. Should have just left things alone.

Originally Posted by brown77

Dual flush toilets are bog standard (no pun intended) round these parts, where water conservation is an issue. Makes for challenging decision-making after a few rounds in the pub... "big button or little button ?"

LOL I'm sure it does make for challenging decisions. I understand water conservation but the fools here just made it worse since quite often a person may have to flush twice or in my brother's case more.

[dr. mabuse]

Originally Posted by Gypsy

I know, it's insane. Should have just left things alone.



LOL I'm sure it does make for challenging decisions. I understand water conservation but the fools here just made it worse since quite often a person may have to flush twice or in my brother's case more.

Too much information!!!!!