World Toilet Day on 19 November – from concealed fittings to urinals

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Now in its 21st year, World Toilet Day is observed on 19 November 2022. While we might find the concept amusing, the background is deadly serious: UN figures show that 3.6 billion people worldwide have no access to safe, hygienic sanitary facilities. Even here in Germany, World Toilet Day may encourage us to rethink our practices and focus in greater detail on drinking water hygiene, for example. While it might not be obvious at first, these two topics share a lot of common ground.

All tapping points are relevant for drinking water hygiene

To maintain water quality, a complete exchange of water must take place at all tapping points in a building at least every 72 hours. If this is not achieved by the specified normal operation, then this normal operation can be simulated. This means that toilets and urinals also need to be used regularly or flushed accordingly, so as to avoid dangerous bacteria like Legionella spreading excessively in the drinking water system and potentially contaminating the entire installation. While these stagnation flushes can be completed manually, this is both expensive and time-consuming as well as error-prone. Automation offers a more practical and cost-effective approach, like the scheduled flushes that can be set up with SCHELL’s MONTUS Flow WC cistern module. This module offers the option of automatic stagnation flushes and can be integrated with the SCHELL SWS Water Management System or controlled using SCHELL’s Single Control SSC.