Friday, September 19, 2008

The Unnamable

My week was dominated by processing human waste. Accordingly, there will be no pictures today.

Highlights include:
1) Learning that everything about the evap toilets is counterintuitive. They don't just need some wood shavings - they need to be filled. They don't just need a little sprinkling of water every so often, they need regular soakings. When the black water builds up in the bottom of the tanks, and they start to stink, they need more fan, not less.

2) Creating a sanitary procedure for dealing with the evap toilets. In the basement, where the vaults are, everything is set up so that the unlucky visitor can put on gloves, work with tools that will be kept exclusively in that basement, wipe the tools down with a bleach solution, and de-glove before leaving. I'll refine the system.

3) The foulness that is the south restroom vaults. We need trash cans either in the restrooms or immediately outside. It is amazing what people manage to fit down the seats...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

You just never know what you're going to get when you come to work, eh? Me, I pretty much know...desk, red stapler, computer.