Page 428 - Primary Six Notes

Components of a flush toilet system

Parts of a toilet include:

1. A tank that stores water for flushing

2. A seat with a cover for sitting.

3. A pipe that takes water from the tank to the bowl and anoth-
er that takes it to septic tank.

4. The lever is either pulled or pushed top release water during

flushing.

5. A septic tank, an underground storage hole for human waste

and waste water from kitchen and bathroom (i.e. Sewage).

6. The waste materials in the septic tanks are called sewage.

 Sewage from septic tanks may be carried away by pipes

(sewers) for treatment to make it less harmful.

 Where there is no pipe system, it is carried using vehicles

called cesspool empties.

 In Uganda, collection and treatment of sewage from homes

and institutions is done by National water and sewage cor-

poration (NSWSC).