Umhla ziyi-19 kuNovemba minyaka yonke yiWorldIndlu yangaseseUsuku. I-International Toilet Organisation ibamba imisebenzi ngalolu suku ukuze iqaphelise isintu ukuthi kusenabantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.05 emhlabeni abangenazo izivikelo zokuhlanzeka ezifanele. Kodwa kulabo kithi abangajabulela izindawo zangasese zesimanje, ingabe sesike sayiqonda ngempela imvelaphi yezindlu zangasese?
Akwaziwa ukuthi ubani owasungula indlu yangasese kwasekuqaleni. AmaScots namaGreki okuqala athi ayengabasunguli bokuqala, kodwa abukho ubufakazi. Kusukela ngo-3000 BC esikhathini samaNeolithic, kwakukhona indoda egama linguSkara Brae eScotland enkulu. Yakha indlu ngamatshe futhi yavula umhubhe owawufinyelela ekhoneni lendlu. Izazi-mlando zikholelwa ukuthi lo mklamo wawuwuphawu lwabantu bokuqala. Ukuqala kokuxazulula inkinga yendlu yangasese. Cishe ngo-1700 BC, eKnossos Palace eCrete, umsebenzi kanye nomklamo wendlu yangasese kwacaca kakhulu. Amapayipi obumba axhunywe ohlelweni lokuhlinzeka ngamanzi. Amanzi ajikeleza ngamapayipi obumba, angageza indlu yangasese. Indima yamanzi.
Ngo-1880, iNkosana u-Edward waseNgilandi (kamuva owaba yiNkosi u-Edward VII) yaqasha uThomas Crapper, isazi samapayipi esaziwayo ngaleso 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. Wayengowokuqala nje ukwenza into yakhe yokusungula indlu yangasese yaziwe emphakathini ngendlela yehholo lombukiso, ukuze uma umphakathi ulungisa izindlu zangasese noma udinga imishini ethile, bacabange ngaye ngokushesha.
Isikhathi lapho izindlu zangasese zobuchwepheshe zaqala khona ngempela kwakungekhulu lama-20: ama-valve okuhlanza, amathangi amanzi, kanye nama-toilet paper rolls (asungulwa ngo-1890 futhi asetshenziswa kabanzi kwaze kwaba ngu-1902). Lezi zinto ezintsha kanye nokudalwa kwazo kungase kubonakale kuncane, kodwa manje kubonakala sengathi seziyizinto ezibalulekile. Uma usacabanga lokhoindlu yangasese yesimanjeakukashintshi kakhulu, ake sibheke: Ngo-1994, iPhalamende laseBrithani laphasisa uMthetho Wenqubomgomo Yamandla, owawudingaindlu yangasese ehlanzwayoukuhlanza amalitha angu-1.6 amanzi ngesikhathi esisodwa, ingxenye yalokho okwakusetshenziswa ngaphambili. Abantu baphikisana nale nqubomgomo ngoba izindlu zangasese eziningi zazivalekile, kodwa izinkampani zezindlu zangasese zasheshe zasungula izinhlelo zangasese ezingcono. Lezi zinhlelo yizo ozisebenzisa nsuku zonke, ezaziwa nangokuthi zesimanje.impahla yangaseseizinhlelo.
