• emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Is it common where you live to let poop into the sewage system? Water is a state subject in India, so rules would vary from state to state. But in the ones I’ve lived in, the municipal sewage system is always for grey water (bathwater, kitchen waste, etc.). Toilet waste must go into a septic tank in your own property. Of course, the rules do not apply to slums or other unauthorised buildings.

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      1 year ago

      In the US, in urban areas, the sewage system handles all waste water, and is treated before being reintroduced to waterways. Rural areas, there is no sewage system. Every building without a connection to a sewer has a septic tank.

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        1 year ago

        That’s interesting. I guess our governments just decided that the cost of treating sewage is too high, and so mandated septic tanks instead.