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Pour-Flush Toilet System Overview

The document describes a pour-flush toilet system that uses a water-seal arrangement to prevent odors and pests. It outlines operational principles, costs ranging from R2,000 to R3,500, and the importance of proper maintenance and user education. Challenges include blockages from inappropriate materials and the need for suitable drainage and emptying services.

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Pour-Flush Toilet System Overview

The document describes a pour-flush toilet system that uses a water-seal arrangement to prevent odors and pests. It outlines operational principles, costs ranging from R2,000 to R3,500, and the importance of proper maintenance and user education. Challenges include blockages from inappropriate materials and the need for suitable drainage and emptying services.

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Wet systems

Pour-flush toilet

Water tank to be filled


by hand or use a
separate container

Seat cover
Low flush pedestal
Access cover

Water trap

Lined pit
A toilet with a water-seal arrangement: a pan trap fitted into the floor slab, and optionally discharging through a short stretch
of pipe or channel.

Principles Operational and Costs Experience and


of operation institutional comment
requirements
After defecation, the pan Appropriate for small volumes Capital: R2 000-R3 500 which International acceptance
requires flushing with a few litres of water and can accept can increase where soils are not demonstrated where water is
of water. The water retained in domestic wastewater - generally well suited to drainage. used for anal cleansing and users
the pan provides a seal against carried by hand to the latrine. squat. Blockages occur through
smell, flies and mosquitoes. Ensure access for mechanical Operating: R150-R300 per use of inappropriate anal
emptying of contained waste, annum where subsoil drainage cleansing material. Offset pour-
and suitable subsoil drainage is available. flush can allow location of toilet
(high reliance on the soil inside house, but generally larger
environment in rendering the flushing volumes are required.
effluent harmless) and/or Experience in SA has seen
availability of sludge treatment failures through lack of user
and disposal. education and/or poor design and
construction, use where
inappropriate and limited
provision of affordable emptying
service.

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