Chapter 21 · Hygiene and sanitation
21.15 Common mistakes
- Keep using the toilet without water until it clogs and overflows.
- Flush with safe drinking water from your reserve.
- Use the sewer when the authorities asked you not to, or when sewage is already backing up into your home.
- Fill the bucket to the brim.
- Pour bleach into urine or mix bleach with ammonia-based cleaners.
- Leave bags in the yard without a lidded bin, in the sun and within reach of pets.
- Rely only on hand sanitizer when someone at home has diarrhea.
- Leave buckets of water uncovered: a mosquito breeding ground within a week.