Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Not available on lingo.lol.
lingo.lol is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A place for linguists, philologists, and other lovers of languages.

Administered by:

Server stats:

70
active users

lingo.lol: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.7

#toilets

1 post1 participant0 posts today
Public
anubis2814
Huge improvements in #water, #sanitation, and #hygiene access in #China
Between 2000 and 2020, access to safe water in China increased from 45.7% to 91.3%, access to sanitary #toilets rose from 18.7% to 78.5%, and access to hygiene #bathing facilities rose from 26.0% to 88.4%. An analysis of household data also shows significant improvements in accessibility across urban-rural divides.
This is pretty mindblowing that they were that far behind 20 years prior and they fixed it that quickly.
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.…
BioMed CentralSpatiotemporal characteristics and socioeconomic inequalities in water, sanitation, and hygiene access in China from 2000 to 2020: analysis of data from three national censuses - BMC Public HealthBackground Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities presents a significant global public health challenge. This study aims to investigate the temporal and spatial characteristics of WASH access in mainland China, as well as the socioeconomic equity, using data from national censuses. Methods We analyzed households’ data from three national censuses spanning 2000 to 2020 to examine the characteristics of safe water, sanitary toilets, and hygiene bathing facilities over time. Spatial clustering of WASH facilities in 2020 was assessed using Moran's I analysis. Socioeconomic disparities in WASH access across provinces were quantified using the Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and Relative Index of Inequality (RII). Results Between 2000 and 2020, access to safe water in China increased significantly from 45.7% to 91.3%, access to sanitary toilets rose from 18.7% to 78.5%, and access to hygiene bathing facilities climbed from 26.0% to 88.4%, reflecting continuous improvements in WASH access. Urban areas consistently outperformed rural areas, and the eastern region showed higher access rates compared to the central and western regions. Spatial analysis revealed statistically significant clustering of sanitary toilets and hygiene bathing facilities at the provincial level in 2020. Equity analysis indicated a notable improvement in the fairness of WASH access over the past two decades, with decreases observed in both SII and RII metrics. Conclusion Mainland China has made substantial strides in enhancing WASH access over the last 20 years, accompanied by significant improvements in provincial equity. However, persistent regional disparities underscore the need for targeted financial support to rural, central, and western regions to further enhance WASH accessibility.
Public
Peter Butler

OK, Mastodon/Fediverse plumbing and toilet enthusiasts

I have a toilet that requires holding the handle open to fully flush, i.e. the flapper is closing too quickly before the tank empties

Do I need to replace the flapper or is there a way to adjust how quickly it closes?

#Plumbing#Toilets
Public
John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 2 July 1924:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
…
The question of a rest room for #women and children in the city was brought before the City Fathers at the meeting of the City Council Finance Committee recently, by a deputation from the Women’s Branch of the Labour Party and of the Housewives’ Union. Mrs. Snow was the speaker. She urged that a rest room should be erected on the vacant site at the Royal Oak. There was no place at present where women who were obliged to come into town could take children to attend to their needs. Quite a modest building was asked for, which would still leave room for a reserve. The Mayor said that it was purely a matter of finance, but that the representations of the women should be taken into consideration.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Restrooms #PublicToilets #Toilets #Wellington #NewZealand

Black-and-white photo: Manners Street. ca. 1920. Photographer, Zak Studios. Description: The ‘Market Hall’ site between Manners and Dixon Streets. Taken prior to the demolition of the ‘old’ fire station (being used here as Flockton’s Variety Store). Now the site of Te Aro Park (formerly known as Pigeon Park). The view is elevated three storeys or so; we see hard-sealed streets to right and left, the right-hand street with two parallel tram tracks. There are power and/or telephone cables just overhead going in the direction of the tram tracks. Hills are indistinctly visible in the background through haze. Citation: Wellington City Libraries, Reference No. 50010-404. https://wellington.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/8761
Black-and-white photo: Courtney Place, Wellington. 1920s. Photographer, Frederick George Radcliffe. Description: Looking on a sunny day southeast along Manners Street (left) towards the intersection with Taranaki Street and Dixon Street (right) and Courtenay Place (distance) showing buildings on right including: Wellington City Council Public Rest Room for Women and Children (foreground); Kings Theatre; Pram House; Hope Gibbons Ltd.; Belcher’s Buildings importers of leather goods; Fuller’s Vaudeville; on left: Hotel Argonne (on the corner of Taranaki Street) with pharmacy on ground floor; other buildings; pedestrians on footpath (BrE pavement, AmE sidewalk; centre foreground); and crossing road; cars parked (partly obscured right); truck (left foreground). The slopes of the town belt are to the left in the far background. Citation: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 35-R1786. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/274855
Public
Programme OCAPI

A colleague from Columbia University, Ngai Yin Yip, came to visit us last week and wrote about his visit of the lab and various projects in Paris.
You can read about it here:

yiplab-h2o-e-env.eee.columbia.

for the future neighbourhood that will implement #urine source separation with flush #toilets and a concentration unit.
He also wrote about our cookies made from wheat fertilized by stored urine 😉

yiplab-h2o-e-env.eee.columbia.

for the same solution already working in the new #ESA building.

A photography in the LEESU lab with Tanguy Fardet, Fabien Esculier and Ngai Yin Yip, all smiling, next to a shelf with a lot of documentation on source separation, some cookies made with urine-fertilized wheat, and urine-based fertilizers.
Ngai Yin Yip in front of the ESA (European Space Agency) building to visit the urine diverting toilet and the transformation unit that makes concentrated urine-based fertilizer.
ExploreLive feeds
About