Night soil
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Night soil is a historical euphemism for human excreta collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks, etc. This material was removed from the immediate are
A woman carrying buckets of night-soil, photographed in 1871.
Industrially produced "sanitary ware", now in the Gladstone Pottery Museum
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Fecal sludge management
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Fecal sludge management is the storage, collection, transport, treatment and safe end use or disposal of fecal sludge. Together, the collection, transport, treatment and end use of fecal sludge consti
Night soil
…of waste management, human feces are collected without dilution in water. Night soil is largely an outdated term used in historical contexts, while fecal sludge management remains an ongoing challenge, particularly in developing countries. Feces were excreted into a container such as a chamber pot, and sometimes collected…
Fecal sludge being pumped out of a pit latrine in Durban, South Africa
Lack of fecal sludge management: Discharge of fecal sludge into the environment in Burkina Faso
Example of lacking fecal sludge management: Fecal sludge collected from pit latrines is dumped into a river at the Korogocho slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Desludging using proper personal protective equipment in Dumaguete, Philippines