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The Big Necessity

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by Rose George

mission of

  on shame from open defecation

  on unused latrines

  Madonna

  Makhanya, Portia

  Mandela, Nelson

  manual scavengers

  alternative employment for

  economic reasons for

  effect of Sulabh on

  Gandhi’s objections to use of

  laws on

  living conditions of

  MaP test

  MAPET

  Mara, Duncan

  Marcic, Peter

  Martin, Chris

  Mathre, Rahamath

  Mbeki, Thabo

  McBride, Murray

  MDGs. See Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

  Mechi, Alderman

  Milan

  Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

  Milorganite

  Milwaukee

  Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD)

  mobile toilet trucks

  Mohan, Chandra

  Molotch, Harvey

  Morgan, Peter

  Morris, Andrew

  Mosmoil

  Moulik, Soma Ghosh

  Mulaudzi, Trevor (“Dr. Shit”)

  Mumbai community toilet blocks

  Mure, Yoko

  Nag, Milon

  NASA

  National Farmers Union

  Nehru, Jawaharlal

  Nehru Nagar

  Neorest

  Netherlands

  New York City sewers

  night soil. See excrement

  Ocean Dumping Act

  odors

  Ogden, Stephen

  Okura, Kazuchika

  open defecation

  in Bangladesh

  dangers of

  embarrassment from

  fines for

  government efforts to end

  in Mosmoi

  in Orissa

  in Samiapalli

  in Shanti Nagar

  villages’ pride in ending

  open-style toilets

  Operators’ Challenge

  Orangi Pilot Project

  Orissa

  outcastes. See Dalits

  Pakistan

  Panday, Umesh

  Paris

  parusesis

  patenting

  Pathak, Bindeshwar

  Pennock, Daniel

  Peot, Chris

  Pepys, Samuel

  Perez, Eddy

  Peru

  Pinker, Steven

  Pinney, Virginia Ruth

  pit latrines

  Plan eco-san toilet

  potty parity movement

  privacy

  Privy Council

  public necessities. See public toilets

  Public Toilet (Chan)

  public toilets in Bangkok

  in Beijing

  in Dewsbury

  as good economic management

  historical rise of

  illicit activities in

  innovation and invention in

  lawsuits over

  in Mumbai

  as a sign of civilization

  SPARC toilet blocks

  in the United States

  purity rituals

  Qi Furen

  Rakesh, Sanjay Kumar

  Rampton, Sheldon

  rape of Dalit women

  rats in sewers

  Razak, Sheikh

  Reilly, Maureen

  religion, hygiene and

  ringworm

  Rockefeller, Abby

  Romans, communal latrines of

  Roosevelt, Teddy

  Rose, Gregory

  Rubin, Alan

  Samiapalli

  sanitation

  as a central feature of cities

  in Dar es Salaam

  disease toll from lack of

  ecological

  economic savings from

  number of U.S. people without

  prioritization of water over

  school attendance and

  in South Africa

  spread of, in India

  in Tanzania

  sanitation marketing

  Sanjour, William

  SARS

  Satis

  Satou, Tomohiko

  Sattar, Rayeen Abdul

  Saywell, Darren

  Scheduled Castes. See Dalits

  schistosomiasis

  school attendance and sanitation

  Seabrook, Jeremy

  self-restraint

  separate sewer systems

  Severn Trent classroom

  sewage effluent, reuse of

  sewage sludge. See biosolids

  sewage treatment plants

  sewage treatment ponds

  sewer workers

  dangers for

  duties of

  job satisfaction of

  marginalization of

  salaries of

  sewers

  of ancient societies

  hazards in

  in India

  inspection of

  in Japan

  in London (see London sewers)

  in New York City

  rats in

  security issues with

  simplified systems

  sex in public facilities

  Shaanxi Mothers Environmental

  Protection Volunteer Association

  Shambahaji Nagar

  Shankar, Mr.

  Shanti Nagar

  Shepard, Alan

  She-Pee female urinals

  Shi Chuanxiang

  Shields, Helane

  Shirur, Siddarth

  shit. See excrement

  Shower Toilet

  Shudrya

  shy bladder syndrome

  Sim, Jack

  Singh, Prasad

  skatole as a weapon

  sludge. See biosolids

  Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA)

  slums

  in Dar es Salaam

  definition of

  lack of flush toilets in

  population of

  Smith, Rob

  Smith, Virginia

  Snow, John

  Snyder, Caroline

  social entrepreneurship

  South Africa

  sanitation in

  school toilets in

  water problems

  space station toilets

  SPARC toilet blocks

  Spitzer, Eliot

  SRA. See Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA)

  staph infections

  Star City

  Stauber, John

  Stuckey, David

  Sugden, Steven

  Sulabh International

  Sulabh toilets

  sustainability

  Swank, Robert

  Switzerland

  Synagro

  Tanzania. See also Dar es Salaam

  Tedegro

  Thames Water

  Thomas, Sojan

  Thorley, Dianne

  Togawa, Jun

  toilet attendants

  toilet paper

  toilets

  advertising campaigns for

  with bidet function

  in India (see India)

  innovations in

  items flushed in

  in Japan

  museum of

  open-style

  Plan eco-san

  plastic bags as

  primitive forms of

  public (see public toilets)

  space station

  Sulabh

  testing flushing abilities of

  unisex

  urine diversion

  Washlets

  See also latrines; urinals

  Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)

  TOTO

  advertising campaign of

  female urinal

  history of

  Neorest

  overview of

  test media used by

  in the United States

  Washlets
<
br />   TSC. See Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)

  unisex toilets

  United Kingdom

  cholera epidemics in

  public bathrooms in

  See also London sewers

  United States

  biosolids in (see biosolids)

  New York City sewers

  people without sanitation in

  public toilets in

  toilet technology in

  wastewater infrastructure of

  untouchables. See Dalits

  urinals

  urination habits

  urine

  amount produced per year

  reuse of

  separation toilets

  Vacutug

  Vaisya

  varnas

  Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines (VIPs)

  Versailles

  Vietnam

  Vinaya Pitaka

  VIPs. See Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines (VIPs)

  Viravaidya, Mechai (“Mr. Condom”)

  Vohra, Paromita

  Vora, Rajesh

  wabi sabi

  Walmsley, Baroness

  Wang Ming Ying

  Waring, George E.

  Wash Air Seat

  WASH campaign

  Washlets

  wastewater effluent, reuse of

  wastewater plants

  wastewater stabilization ponds

  water

  contamination of

  prioritization over sanitation

  in South Africa

  traces of drugs in

  Water Environment Federation (WEF)

  Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)

  Willem-Alexander, Prince

  World Toilet Day

  World Toilet Organization

  WSSCC. See Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)

  Wu Zhao Xian

  Young, Amanda

  Zhang Min Shu

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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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  Rose George has written for The Nation, Slate, Details, the New York Times, the Guardian, and many other publications. She graduated from the University of Oxford and holds a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania. Her writing assignments have included covering Saddam Hussein’s birthday party in Tikrit, Iraq, and reporting on the Alternative World Cup soccer final between Bhutan and Montserrat. Her first book, A Life Removed, about Liberian refugees, was long-listed for the Lettre Ulysses Award for reportage. She lives in London.

 

 

 


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