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A manual flush toilet, dating back 2,400 years, has piqued the interest of archaeologists who are trying to find out what people ate during that time by analyzing soil samples collected from it.

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The modern toilet works on simple physics and smart engineering, but most people rarely think about what happens after the handle is pushed. Wastewater systems are designed to handle human waste and ...

Toilet flappers (the valve seal in the toilet tank) can become old and worn-out. When this happens, water can seep through from the toilet tank into the toilet bowl.

Every day, millions of people generate huge amounts of waste water. In this huge facility, engineers use processes like gravity, bacteria and chemistry to clean water before it is released back into ...

For years, we’ve been told to close the lid before flushing the toilet. It makes sense, since when the toilet flushes, it releases what's called a “toilet plume” or a spray of microscopic bacteria.