Sewage Sucker Relieves Slumdogs from Manually Emptying Pit Latrines
May 28th, 2009 Originally Posted by Derek Markham
People living in slums the world over are dependent on pit latrines as their only recourse for a bathroom. And when those pits get full, they’re usually emptied by hand, with a bucket, and the feces is often deposited in the nearest body of water, spreading disease and contamination even further. But a machine made partly from recycled car parts, the Vacutug, may help stop that process.