The Big Necessity (45 page)

 

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

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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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.