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'''A Dry Toilet is a toilet that operates without water. The Dry Toilet may be a raised pedestal that the user can sit on, or a squat pan that the user squats over. In both cases, excreta (both urine and faeces) fall through a drop hole.'''
[[Image:dry_toilet.png|thumb|right|150px200px|[[Dry toilet |Dry toilet]], in Mexico (for credits, click the picture)]]
[[Image:slatsanc.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Dry toilet 200px|SanPlat]]-type dry toilet. (for credits, click the picture)]]
===Design Considerations=== The Dry Toilet dry toilet is usually placed over a pit; if two pits are used, the pedestal or slab should be designed in such a way that it can be lifted and moved from one pit to another. The slab or pedestal base should be well sized to the pit so that it is both safe for the user and prevents stormwater from infiltrating the pit (which may cause it to overflow). The hole can be closed with a lid to prevent unwanted intrusion from insects or rodents. Pedestals and squatting slabs can be made locally with concrete (providing that sand and cement are available). Fibreglass, porcelain and stainless steel versions may also be available. Wooden or metal moulds can be used to produce several units quickly and efficiently.
{{procontable | proborder="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="none"|-! width="50%" style="background:#efefef;" | Advantages! style="background:#f0f8ff;" | Disadvantages|-| valign="top" |- Does not require a constant source of water.<br> - Can be built and repaired with locally available materials.<br> - Low capital and operating costs.<br> - Suitable for all types of users (sitters, squatters, washers, wipers)| convalign= "top" | - Odours are normally noticeable (even if the vault or pit used to collect excreta is equipped with a vent pipe).<br> - The excreta pile is visible, except where a deep pit is used.}- Vectors such as flies are hard to control unless fly traps and appropriate covers are used.|}
==Adequacy=Appropriateness===Dry Toilets toilets are easy for almost everyone to usethough special consideration may need to be made for elderly or disabled users who may havedifficulty. When dry toilets are made locally, they can be specially designed to meet the needs of the target users (e.g., smaller ones for children). Because there is no need to separate urine and faeces, they are often the simplest and physically most physically comfortable and natural option.
==Health Aspects / Acceptance=Operation & Maintenance===Squatting is a natural position for many people The sitting or standing surface should be kept clean and dry to prevent pathogen/ disease transmission and so a well-kept squatting slab may be to limit odours. There are no mechanical parts; therefore, the dry toilet should not need repairs except in the most acceptable optionevent that it cracks.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v==Maintenance==The sitting or standing surface should be kept clean and dry to prevent pathogen/disease transmission and to limit odoursGLJj8RB02NY Dry toilet] Demonstration of SanPlat system.
===References===* Brandberg, B. (1997). [httphttps://www.youtubeircwash.comorg/watch?v=GLJj8RB02NY Dry toiletresources/latrine-building-handbook-implementing-sanplat-system Latrine Building. A Handbook for Implementation of the Sanplat System] Demonstration of SanPlat system.Intermediate Technology Publications, London, UK. pp. 55-77. (Describes how to build a squatting slab and the moulds for the frame, footrests, spacers, etc.)
* Morgan, P. R. (2007). [http://www.sanplat.com/sharewar.htm http://www.sanplatecosanres.comorg/pdf_files/sharewarToiletsThatMakeCompost.pdf Toilets That Make Compost.htmLow-Cost, Sanitary Toilets That Produce Valuable Compost for Crops in an African Context] Manual for building SanPlat. Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, SE.] (Excellent description of how to make support rings and squatting slabs (pp. 7-type dry toilets35) and pedestals (pp.39-43) using only sand, cement, plastic sheeting and wire)<br>