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315 AD Romans treated going to the toilet as a social event. They met friends, exchanged views and caught up on the news.
Medieval Times, people used ‘potties’ and would throw the contents through a door or window into the street.
1592, Sir John Harrington invented a water closet with a raised cistern and a small downpipe through which water ran to flush the waste.
The flush toilet was invented in 1596, but didn’t become widespread until 1851, and in 1767 Englishman William Feetham invented the first modern shower.
1858, after a particularly hot summer London England suffered through the ‘great stink.’ A natural disaster from rotting sewage waste in the river systems.
1861, Thomas Crapper Thomas Crapper was hired by Prince Edward to construct lavatories in several royal palaces. Crapper and his contemporaries, George Jennings, Thomas Twyford, Edward Johns & Henry Doulton, began producing toilets much as we know them today.
1889, the electric water heater was invented.
Working class houses with bathrooms were first built around 1900and were considered to be a luxury.
1960’s, indoor bathrooms with flush toilets were required in new builds for housing, schools and institutions.
Today 1 in 10 (Million 771 People) lack access to safe water. 1 in 4 (1.7 Billion) lack access to a toilet.
Every 2 minutes a child dies from a water-related disease.
29% of schools don’t have clean water.
In 2020, 74 per cent of the global population had access to safely managed drinking water services, up from 70 per cent in 2015.
By 2025, 50% of the world’s population is projected to live in water-stressed areas as a result of climate change, with low-income families bearing the greatest brunt of this crisis.
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