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If I may share a story from my Boy Scout council here in Fort Worth, TX. At one of our main camps that is used for summer camps, we have latrines in each camp. These latrines are simply a big hole in the ground with thick concrete walls(so not to harm the water table) and a wooden shelter on top. Well these are honky dory for us boy scouts, but with parents night and with the increase number of women that now participate in the troops, we have flush toliets at the camp in various places. Of course the toliets that were installed are the 1.6gallon tanks. We had to put signs on the tanks of the toliets that read please hold handle down for ten seconds when flushing. This is due to that the kids not wanting to use the latrines anymore, would flush the toliets just like the 5gallon tanks back at home. Causing the toliets to clog up and little boys usually will not tell anybody about it. So more boys use it and use it, thus by the end of the week you have a toliet filled(if not over flowing) of excrement. Since the 1.6gal does not provide enough water, we found that this is remeded by holding the handle for at least ten seconds to allow enough water to flow through. Thus eliminating the whole purpose of the 1.6gal toliets.

We have not installed anymore flushing toliets in years, since we cannot get ahold of the 5gal toliets anymore. But the problem is that everybody wants the flushing toliets instead of the latrines.

At Big Bend National Park they have these dry toliets( I assume they are the same as is in this article) that is like a latrine, but has a solar panel that dries the box out and then a helicopter picks it up to be dumped out somewhere. This is great for outdoor places, but at home give me a break. I image this article is only the begining. you know they have been trying to get us to cut down on the number of showers to save water, this way we can be like the more sophisticated and highly cultured FRENCH!!!!

The Toto SuperMax low-flow toilets are great and really work. They cost around $350 each and were recommended by my plumber. Not a single problem yet since we replaced our original low-flows with these bad boys.

You can also modify the ones at the camp to get higher flow rates. Use a ping pong ball or a bobber and tie it to the rubber thing that controls the water flow. It will cause a lot more water to come through. Adjust as necessary.