cesspit
a pit for receiving wastes, as sewage, or other refuse.
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Household refuse was thrown into gutters, and human waste ended up in waterways and local cesspits.
Did Cars Rescue Our Cities From Horses? - Issue 108: Change | Brandon Keim | November 10, 2021 | NautilusArchaeogeneticist Susanna Sabin and her colleagues found DNA from human gut-dwelling microbes in samples from a 600-year-old household cesspit in Jerusalem and a 700-year-old public toilet in Riga, Latvia.
Archaeologists delved into medieval cesspits to study old gut microbiomes | Kiona N. Smith | October 6, 2020 | Ars TechnicaVarious substitutes have been tried for the cesspit, which retain the principle of the hand removal of excreta.
There should be a ventilated trap placed on the pipe leading from the watercloset to the cesspit.
Where a cesspit is unavoidable, perhaps the best and least offensive system for emptying it is the pneumatic system.
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