User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in Arizona
| Public toilets in Arizona | |
|---|---|
 A line of portable toilets taken at a pull-off in Arizona. | |
| Language of toilets | |
| Local words | washroom |
| Men's toilets | Men |
| Women's toilets | Women |
| Public toilet statistics | |
| Toilets per 100,000 people | 9 (2021) |
| Total toilets | ?? |
| Public toilet use | |
| Type | Western style sit toilet |
| Locations | ??? |
| Average cost | ??? |
| Often equipped with | ??? |
| Percent accessible | ??? |
| Date first modern public toilets | ??? |
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Public toilets in Arizona, commonly called washrooms, are found at a rate of nine per 100,000 people.
Public toilets
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washroom is one of the most commonly used words for public toilet in the United States.[1] Euphemisms are often used to avoid discussing the purpose of toilets. Words used include toilet, restroom, bathroom, lavatory and john.[2]
A 2021 study found there were nine public toilets per 100,000 people.[3]
Cintas awards America’s Best Public Restroom. The ten 2020 finalists included the public toilets at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. They were designed by Scottsdale architect John Douglas. They have terrazzo flooring, stainless-steel stalls, and have lights that can allow for programming to support events at the center.[4]
History
[edit]Casa Grande Ruins National Monument were the only monument maintained by the National Parks Service to have a sewage disposal plant in 1930.[5]
In the 1970s, older lodges, motels, dorms and cafeterias at Grand Canyon Village had public flushing toilets, which created liquid waste that drained into local waterways. By 1975, a plan had been developed by 1975 to try to address this issue by National Parks engineers to use more reclaimed water to support local needs in the village. It just lacked funding to implement that year.[6]
In the period between 2017 and 2018, there were several outbreaks of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) in the United States that were driven largely by a result of homeless people and rough sleepers not having access to proper sanitary facilities, often a result of a lack of public toilets and resulting in open defecation. Early in this period after first emerging in San Diego and resulting in 20 deaths, the outbreak spread to Arizona, Utah and Kentucky.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Hess, Nico (2019-08-04). Introducing Global Englishes. Scientific e-Resources. ISBN 978-1-83947-299-2.
- ^ Farb, Peter (2015-08-19). Word Play: What Happens When People Talk. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-97129-1.
- ^ QS Supplies (11 October 2021). "Which Cities Have The Most and Fewest Public Toilets?". QS Supplies. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Kelleher, Suzanne Rowan. "Here Are The Contenders For America's Best Public Restroom In 2020". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ Service, United States National Park (1930). Report of the Director of the National Park Service to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended ... U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ EPA-670/2. Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. May 1975.
- ^ Frye, Elizabeth A.; Capone, Drew; Evans, Dabney P. (2019-10-01). "Open Defecation in the United States: Perspectives from the Streets". Environmental Justice. 12 (5): 226–230. doi:10.1089/env.2018.0030. ISSN 1939-4071.
