Section II. Characteristics and services of the housing unit (continued)
10. Is the bathroom or toilet in the housing unit connected to the:
(Read each alternative and fill in only one oval)
[] 1 Public sewage network inside the unit?
[] 2 Public sewage network outside the unit, but inside the building?
[] 3 Soak pit, septic tank or biodigester?
[] 4 Latrine (treated)?
[] 5 Cesspit?
[] 6 River, irrigation canal, canal or similar?
[] 7 Open field or outdoors?
[] 8 Other?
5. Chapter 5: Specific instructions to fill out Section II: Characteristics and services of the housing unit
If there is more than one household in the housing unit, please fill in Section II, "Characteristics and services of the housing unit" for the main household only.
Question 10: Is the bathroom or toilet in the housing unit connected to the:
If the respondent does not answer affirmatively any of the options 1 to 7, fill in the oval of the option 8, "other?".
If the respondent answers that they do not have any, ask how the water disposal is carried out. Sometimes, even though they have a soak pit or cesspit, they go to the river or to the open field, they respond that they don't have a system.
Public sewage network: It is the system of pipes located under public roads, used by housing units to dispose of human waste. Depending on the location of the toilet connection (water closet, restroom, or other) it can be:
1. Public sewage network inside the unit: When the toilet connection is inside the housing unit.
2. Public sewage network outside the unit, but inside the building: When the toilet connection is within the perimeter of the building of the housing unit, such as in the case of alleys, barnyards, among others.
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3. Soak pit, septic tank or biodigester: Soak pit, when human waste is sent directly to a well, which is treated with lime, ash, muriatic acid or other waste disintegrants.
- Septic tank, system for treatment of water containing excreta, washing water, or other water from the housing unit. It combines solid separation and digestion; the liquid is disposed through infiltration in the soil, the solids accumulate at the bottom of the tank and are periodically removed manually or mechanically.
- The biodigester is a closed, hermetic and water-resistant container where animal and human excrement, vegetable waste, or other waste, is deposited in water diluted so that it is fermented to generate methane gas and organic fertilizers, reducing the polluting potential of the excrement.
4. Latrine (treated): It is a structure that has a hut to provide privacy, a slab that covers the hole hermetically and a sanitary device or Turkish slab basin designed to position and provide comfort to the person during the act of defecation. In addition, excreta or waste must be treated accordingly.
5. Cesspit: When human waste is sent directly to a well, and does Not receive any treatment. The use of bleach or detergent should not be considered the use of waste disintegrants.
6. River, irrigation canal, canal or similar: When human waste is disposed directly into an irrigation canal, river, canal, among others.
7. Open field or outdoors: When excreta disposal is done outdoors, for example in the street, field, parks, hills, among others.
8. Other: When organic waste is disposed of in some other way not stated in the previous options. Example: In the sea, in an abandoned house, among others.