Night soil is a historically used euphemism for human excreta collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks, etc. This material was removed from the immediate area, usually at night, by workers employed in this trade. Sometimes it could be transported out of towns and sold on as a fertilizer.
Another definition is "untreated excreta transported without water (e.g. via containers or buckets)".[1] Night soil was produced as a result of a sanitation system in areas without sewer systems or septic tanks. In this system of waste management, human feces are collected without dilution in water.
Night soil is largely an outdated term used in historical contexts, while fecal sludge management remains an ongoing challenge, particularly in developing countries.[2]
^Jackson, D; Winkler, M; Stenström, TA (2015). Sanitation safety planning: manual for safe use and disposal of wastewater, greywater and excreta. World Health Organization. ISBN 978-924154924 0. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015.
^Tilley, E.; Ulrich, L.; Lüthi, C.; Reymond, Ph.; Zurbrügg, C. (2014). Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies(PDF) (2nd Revised ed.). Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Duebendorf, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3906484570.
Nightsoil is a historically used euphemism for human excreta collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks...
created to allow for the flow of water and sediments (likely including nightsoil). Over time, the ditch would slowly accumulate piles of mud. This mud...
were only allowed to work at night, hence they were sometimes known as nightmen. The waste they collected, known as nightsoil, had to be taken outside the...
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earmarked in the original plans in 1920s. Till 1984 it was solid waste, and nightsoil burial ground. At that time it was a good solution because this waste...
authority on a regular basis. The contents, known euphemistically as nightsoil, would either be incinerated or composted into fertiliser. Although the...
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that are naturally produced. Fertilizers are materials that can be added to soil or plants, in order to provide nutrients and sustain growth. Typical organic...
a pail closet system, with access for the municipal collection of the nightsoil. As universal town sewerage advanced, flush toilets (water closets) were...
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has historically been used as fertilizer for centuries in the form of nightsoil, fecal sludge, and sewage sludge. The use of untreated human feces in...
specification of "refuse" was actually the then-common euphemism for nightsoil, further connecting the Furphy carts to (the odour of) the latrines. Scuttlebutt...
closet; the municipality employed workers, often known as "nightmen" (from nightsoil), to empty and replace the buckets. This system was associated in particular...
Song farmers emphasized the importance of nightsoil as fertilizer. They understood that using nightsoil could transform barren wasteland into fertile...
Nath Kaul Bamzai, A History of Kashmir, pp. 143,’ Kalhana mentioned even nightsoil was taxed under his rule . Extravagant expenditure on his troops and senseless...
for many months in soil, fresh water, and sewage, or even for several years in feces, fecal sludge (historically called nightsoil), and sewage sludge...
The fields were fertilised with large quantities of horse manure and 'nightsoil' from the nearby urban areas and woollen waste from "mungo and shoddy"...
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backfilled with newer material. These dipped vaults do not have an undisturbed nightsoil layer and the probability of one containing anything of major archaeological...
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went from being recycled to being disposed of. Specific places where nightsoil continued to be recycled required conscious political leadership, such...
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needed] The town is served by underground and open-surface drainage, nightsoil being disposed of by septic tank latrines. The town has a protected water...
are relegated to menial professions, such as scavenging and carrying nightsoil. In Pakistan, social groups known as quoms have a social stratification...
Sanitation Committee set up in 1915. Its function was to dispose off nightsoil. Till 1921, most aspects of local governance in Darjeeling district, including...
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