Latrine
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A latrine is a toilet or an even simpler facility that is used as a toilet within a sanitation system. For example, it can be a communal trench in the earth in a camp to be used as emergency sanitatio
Roman public latrine found in the excavations of Ostia Antica; unlike modern installations, the Romans saw no need to provide privacy for individual users.
Public Latrine at Athens' Roman Forum site
Latrines of Krak des Chevaliers in Syria
Pit latrine
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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 a drop hole in the floor, which might be connected
Latrine
…within a sanitation system. For example, it can be a communal trench in the earth in a camp to be used as emergency sanitation, a hole in the ground (pit latrine), or more advanced designs, including pour-flush systems. The term "latrine" is still commonly used in military parlance, and less so in civilian usage…
Defecating into a pit
Common problem: water well (foreground) is in close proximity to the pit latrine (brick building at the back), leading to groundwater pollution (example from Lusaka, Zambia).
Digging the pit for an Arborloo, a type of pit toilet in Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Well maintained pit latrine at a rural household near Maseru, Lesotho