Proper Refuse Disposal Pit Type

(Pit Privies)

Properly fitted cover

(Preferably with handle)

III - C Enough volume to Air vent

handle refuse
till next collection

Not too tall Cover

Pit (serves as the

Toilet bowl)
Placed on elevated

]
platform

50 sq. feet 4 - 6 feet

*** Material used: Metal, Wood, Hard Plastic

*** Located outside the house

*** Odor is an issue

by: Ruzzlle Anne C. Delos Santos RN - 3rd yr - Section C - FEU-NRMF Medicine

 Antipolo Type Vault type

House

Land

Excreta will become night soil

(fertilizer)

*** Located at the back of the house same level *** Located outside the house
connected by a Bridge-Like structure *** No cover
*** No air vent No cover *** 4-6 feet in height but smaller in capacity as
*** Same height and area as the tank in Pit type compared to Pit and Antipolo type

by: Ruzzlle Anne C. Delos Santos RN - 3rd yr - Section C - FEU-NRMF Medicine

 Water - Sealed Latrine Imhoff tank system
Other names: - Tank located away from homes, connected by tubes
- Pour flushed latrine - Not used anymore
- Hand flushed latrine
- Buhos type
Toilet Bowl

S tube
(provided by the
government)

Water-seal

Tank

2-story
open
tank

Strainer (serves as
divider for the tank)

by: Ruzzlle Anne C. Delos Santos RN - 3rd yr - Section C - FEU-NRMF Medicine