When
thinking about New York City toilets, some may view
them
simply as a
product of necessity. Other aspects, such as
environmental
issues, should not be overlooked. In researching
the
history of
the toilet, we were taken back in time to an era
when
a sewage system
did not exist, and sanitation was not
common
among the streets of New
York City. Poor sanitation
conditions,
and the increasing spread of
disease, led to a general
acknowledgment
of the need for an organized
sewage system.
While
improving sanitation conditions, the formation of
a sewer
system
increased water usage, leading to the issue of water
conservation.
An examination of our current sewage conditions
and
the
factors contributing to the establishment of this system
enabled
us to
devise a comparison between the sewage systems
of
New York City and
those of other developing countries.