NgoNovemba 19 minyaka yonke nguMhlabaIndlu yangaseseUsuku. I-International Toilet Organisation ibambe imisebenzi ngalolu suku yokwazisa isintu ukuthi kusenabantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-2.05 emhlabeni abangakabi naso isivikelo sokukhucululwa kwendle. Kodwa thina esingajabulela izindlu zangasese zesimanje, ingabe sesake sawuqonda ngempela umsuka wezindlu zangasese?
Akwaziwa ukuthi ngubani owasungula ithoyilethi kwasekuqaleni. AmaScots asendulo namaGreki ayethi ayengabasunguli bokuqala, kodwa abukho ubufakazi. Kusukela ngo-3000 BC ngesikhathi se-Neolithic, kwakukhona indoda okuthiwa u-Skara Brae ezweni laseScotland. Wakha indlu ngamatshe wavula umhubhe owawufinyelela ekhoneni lendlu. Izazi-mlando zikholelwa ukuthi lo mklamo wawuwuphawu lwabantu bokuqala. Ukuqala kokuxazulula inkinga yendlu yangasese. Cishe ngo-1700 BC, eKnossos Palace eKrete, umsebenzi nomklamo wendlu yangasese kwacaca kakhudlwana. Amapayipi obumba axhunywe ohlelweni lokuphakelwa kwamanzi. Amanzi ayezungeza ngamapayipi obumba, ayekwazi ukugeza indlu yangasese. Indima yamanzi.
Ngo-1880, iNkosana u-Edward waseNgilandi (kamuva owaba yiNkosi u-Edward VII) waqasha uThomas Crapper, umdwebi wamapayipi owaziwayo wangaleso sikhathi, ukuba akhe izindlu zangasese ezigodlweni eziningi zasebukhosini. Nakuba kuthiwa uCrapper wasungula izinto eziningi eziphathelene nezindlu zangasese, uCrapper akayena umsunguli wendlu yangasese yesimanje njengoba wonke umuntu ecabanga. Ube ngowokuqala ukwazisa umphakathi ngehholo lakhe lokubukisa ngendlu yangasese, ukuze uma umphakathi ulungisa amathoyilethi noma udinga impahla ethile, usheshe ucabange ngaye.
Isikhathi lapho izindlu zangasese zobuchwepheshe zaqala khona ngempela ekhulwini lama-20: ama-valve ashaywayo, amathangi amanzi, namaroli ephepha lasendlini yangasese (eyasungulwa ngo-1890 futhi yasetshenziswa kabanzi kwaze kwaba ngu-1902). Lezi zinto eziqanjiwe nezinto ezidaliwe zingase zibonakale zizincane, kodwa manje sezibonakala seziyizinto ezibalulekile. Uma usakucabanga lokhoyangasese yesimanjeazikashintshi kakhulu, ake sibheke: Ngo-1994, iPhalamende LaseBrithani laphasisa uMthetho Wenqubomgomo Yamandla, odinga okuvamile.indlu yangasese eshaywayoukuthungatha kuphela amalitha angu-1,6 amanzi ngesikhathi, ingxenye yalawo ayesetshenziswa ngaphambili. Lo mgomo wawuphikiswa abantu ngoba izindlu zangasese eziningi zazivalekile, kodwa ngokushesha izinkampani zokukhucululwa kwendle zasungula amathoyilethi angcono. Lezi zinhlelo yizo ozisebenzisa nsuku zonke, ezaziwa nangokuthi zesimanjeindlu yangaseseizinhlelo.
