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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.
