{"id":8530,"date":"2015-05-27T06:30:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8530"},"modified":"2015-05-27T06:30:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:30:44","slug":"sanitation-in-the-city-what-to-do-when-the-toilet-wont-flush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8530","title":{"rendered":"Sanitation in the City: What To Do When the Toilet Won\u2019t Flush"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/sanitation-in-the-city-what-to-do-when-the-toilet-wont-flush-05262015\">Sanitation in the City: What To Do When the Toilet Won\u2019t Flush<\/a><\/h3>\n<div>Did you ever stop to put some thought into the flushing power of your toilet?<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s one of those things we in modern society take for granted. We use the restroom, then we flush, wash our hands, and forget it.<\/p>\n<p>But during extreme scenarios, this isn\u2019t always so easy. When researching my book,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1612434487\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1612434487&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=howtoarticle-20&amp;linkId=MHJNRX5LFGMY2YSI\" target=\"_blank\">The Prepper\u2019s Water Survival Guide,<\/a>\u00a0I spent a lot of time reading about water, sanitation, and waterborne illness. These issues are all closely linked, and it\u2019s vital to find solutions.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re on a septic system, you have a safe place for your waste to go during most types of disasters, assuming you have additional water on hand for flushing.<\/p>\n<p>But, in the city, on a public sewer system, there exists the possibility that a situation could arise during which flushing is not an option. Do you remember during the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy when residents of high-rise apartment buildings couldn\u2019t flush because the city water system was down? \u00a0There were numerous reports that people were so desperate that they were defecating in the hallways. \u00a0They quoted a resident of a senior apartment complex, Anna Hay, who said, \u201cThey can\u2019t go upstairs to go to the bathrooms. Where are they going to go? They\u2019re walking all around for a place to go. There\u2019s nowhere to go in this area.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/gothamist.com\/2012\/11\/03\/people_are_defecating_in_the_hallwa.php\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>With some very small and inexpensive preparations, it doesn\u2019t have to come down to that.\u00a0Just having\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000FIAPXO\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000FIAPXO&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=howtoarticle-20&amp;linkId=4OR7TQYXHGOY22PJ\" target=\"_blank\">a portable toilet<\/a>\u00a0is not enough for good hygiene and safety. If you live in an urban area, going outside to do your business may not an option. You have to figure out a way to take care of this, indoors, while maintaining the health of your environment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanitation in the City: What To Do When the Toilet Won\u2019t Flush Did you ever stop to put some thought into the flushing power of your toilet? It\u2019s one of those things we in modern society take for granted. We use the restroom, then we flush, wash our hands, and forget it. But during extreme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3316,2924,1149,650,5754,5757,5756,5753,866,5755],"class_list":["post-8530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-disaster","tag-emergency","tag-preparation","tag-prepping","tag-sanitation","tag-sewer-system","tag-the-organic-prepper","tag-toilet","tag-water","tag-water-pressure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8531,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8530\/revisions\/8531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}