Umhla we-19 kweyeNkanga minyaka le yiHlabathi liphelaIndlu yangaseseUsuku. I-International Toilet Organisation ibamba imisebenzi ngolu suku ukuze icacise uluntu ukuba kusekho abantu abayi-2.05 yeebhiliyoni emhlabeni abangenazo izikhuselo ezifanelekileyo zococeko. Kodwa kuthi abo banokunandipha izibonelelo zanamhlanje zangasese, ngaba sakha sayiqonda ngokwenene imvelaphi yezindlu zangasese?
Akwaziwa ukuba ngubani owasungula indlu yangasese kwasekuqaleni. AmaSkot namaGrike amandulo athi ayengabasunguli bokuqala, kodwa akukho bungqina. Kwasekuqaleni kweminyaka engama-3000 BC kwixesha leNeolithic, kwakukho indoda egama linguSkara Brae kwilizwekazi laseScotland. Yakha indlu ngamatye yaza yavula umngxuma owawusiya kwikona yendlu. Izazi-mbali zikholelwa ukuba olu yilo lwaluluphawu lwabantu bokuqala. Ukuqala kokusombulula ingxaki yendlu yangasese. Malunga nowe-1700 BC, kwiKnossos Palace eCrete, umsebenzi kunye noyilo lwendlu yangasese lwacaca ngakumbi. Iipayipi zodaka zaziqhagamshelwe kwinkqubo yokuhambisa amanzi. Amanzi ajikeleza ngemibhobho yodongwe, eyayinokuhlamba indlu yangasese. Indima yamanzi.
Ngo-1880, iNkosana uEdward yaseNgilani (kamva uKumkani uEdward VII) waqesha uThomas Crapper, ingcali yemibhobho eyaziwayo ngelo xesha, ukuba akhe izindlu zangasese kwiibhotwe ezininzi zasebukhosini. Nangona kuthiwa uCrapper wasungula izinto ezininzi ezinxulumene nezindlu zangasese, uCrapper akanguye umsunguli wendlu yangasese yanamhlanje njengoko wonke umntu ecinga. Wayengowokuqala ukwenza into yakhe yendlu yangasese yaziwe luluntu ngendlela yeholo yomboniso, ukuze ukuba uluntu lunokulungiswa kwezindlu zangasese okanye lufuna izixhobo ezithile, bacinge ngaye ngoko nangoko.
Ixesha apho izindlu zangasese zobugcisa zaqala khona yayikwinkulungwane yama-20: iivalvu zokutshayela, iitanki zamanzi, kunye neerolls zamaphepha endlu yangasese (ezaqanjwa ngo-1890 zaza zasetyenziswa kakhulu de kwaba ngu-1902). Ezi zinto zintsha kunye nezinto ezidaliweyo zisenokubonakala zincinci, kodwa ngoku zibonakala ngathi zizinto ezibalulekileyo. Ukuba usacinga ukubaindlu yangasese yanamhlanjeayikatshintshi kangako, makhe sijonge: Ngo-1994, iPalamente yaseBritane yapasisa uMthetho woMgaqo-nkqubo waMandla, owawufuna ukubaindlu yangasese egutyulwayoukukhupha amanzi angama-1.6 eegaloni ngexesha, isiqingatha salawo ayesetyenziswa ngaphambili. Lo mgaqo-nkqubo wawuchaswa ngabantu kuba izindlu zangasese ezininzi zazixinene, kodwa iinkampani zococeko zakhawuleza zavelisa iinkqubo zangasese ezingcono. Ezi nkqubo zezona uzisebenzisayo yonke imihla, ezaziwa ngokuba zezanamhlanje.impahla yendlu yangaseseiinkqubo.
