Ngomhla we-19 kaNovemba minyaka le liHlabathiIndlu yangaseseUsuku. I-International Toilet Organisation ibambe imisebenzi ngolu suku yokwazisa uluntu ukuba kusekho abantu abazibhiliyoni ezi-2.05 ehlabathini abanganalo ukhuseleko olufanelekileyo logutyulo. Kodwa kuthi thina abanokonwabela izindlu zangasese zala maxesha, ngaba siye sayiqonda ngokwenene imvelaphi yezindlu zangasese?
Akwaziwa ukuba ngubani owasungula indlu yangasese kwasekuqaleni. AmaScots amandulo namaGrike athi ayengabenzi bokuqala, kodwa akukho bungqina. Kwangoko ngo-3000 BC kwixesha leNeolithic, kwakukho indoda egama linguSkara Brae kwilizwe laseScotland. Wakha indlu ngamatye waza wavula itonela elaliphumela kwikona yendlu. Ababhali-mbali bakholelwa ukuba olu yilo lwaluluphawu lwabantu bokuqala. Ukuqala kokusombulula ingxaki yangasese. Malunga ne-1700 BC, kwiKnossos Palace eKrete, umsebenzi kunye noyilo lwendlu yangasese kwacaca ngakumbi. Imibhobho yodongwe yadityaniswa kwinkqubo yonikezelo lwamanzi. Amanzi ayejikeleza ngemibhobho yodongwe, eyayinokugungxula indlu yangasese. Indima yamanzi.
Ngo-1880, iNkosana u-Edward waseNgilani (kamva owaba nguKumkani u-Edward VII) waqesha uThomas Crapper, umtywini owaziwayo welo xesha, ukuba akhe izindlu zangasese kumabhotwe amaninzi asebukhosini. Nangona kuthiwa uCrapper uye wasungula izinto ezininzi ezinxulumene nendlu yangasese, uCrapper akanguye umqambi wendlu yangasese yanamhlanje njengoko wonke umntu ecinga. Waba ngowokuqala ukwazisa uluntu ngesakhiwo sakhe sendlu yangasese njengeholo yemiboniso, ukuze ukuba uluntu lunokulungiswa kwezindlu zangasese okanye lufuna izixhobo ezithile, lukhawuleze lucinge ngaye.
Ixesha apho izindlu zangasese zobuchwepheshe zaqala ngenkulungwane yama-20: iivalvu zokugungxula, iitanki zamanzi, kunye nephepha lezindlu zangasese (ezaqanjwa ngo-1890 kwaye zasetyenziswa ngokubanzi kude kube ngo-1902). Ezi zinto ziqanjiweyo kunye nezinto eziyilwe zisenokubonakala zincinci, kodwa ngoku zibonakala zizinto eziyimfuneko. Ukuba usacinga ukubayangasese yanamhlanjeazitshintshanga kangako, makhe sijonge: Ngo-1994, iPalamente yaseBritane yapasisa uMthetho woMgaqo-nkqubo waMandla, odinga okuqhelekileyo.indlu yangasese egungxulwayoukugungxula kuphela iilitha eziyi-1.6 zamanzi ngexesha, isiqingatha salawo ebesetyenziswa ngaphambili. Lo mgaqo-nkqubo wawuchaswa ngabantu ngenxa yokuba izindlu zangasese ezininzi zazivalekile, kodwa iinkampani zococeko zakhawuleza zenza izindlu zangasese ezingcono. Ezi nkqubo zezo uzisebenzisa yonke imihla, zikwabizwa ngokuba zizanamhlanjeyangasese commodeiinkqubo.
