Interviewer instructions
Question 7: How is the waste water disposed of?
This refers especially to water from showers, sinks and/or washtubs.
Sewage system:
This is if the dwelling has pipes that collect the waste water, which is then sent to the public sewage system.
Septic tank:
This is when the dwelling has pipes that collect the waste water and send it to a box (concrete, brick masonry or stone) where they are separated into liquids and solids. The liquid then goes to another box where it is purified.
Sump hole:
This is a system of collection and absorption/diffusion of waste water, which consists of boring a hole at ground level.
Gully/stream, river or lake:
This is if the dwelling has pipes which collect the waste water and direct it into a gully/stream, river or lake.
The street or outside:
This is if the dwelling has pipes that collect the waste water and direct it to the street or outside.
Other:
In this category write all other forms of elimination of waste water not mentioned previously.