date-created: '2013-02-11'
date-updated: '2025-11-28'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
    email: admin@appropedia.org
title: 'Pour flush toilet'
description: 'A Pour Flush Toilet is like a regular Flush Toilet except that instead of the water coming from the cistern above, it is poured in by the user. When the water supply is not continuous, any cistern Flush Toilet can become a Pour Flush Toilet. Just like a traditional Flush Toilet, there is a water seal that prevents odours and flies from coming back up the pipe. Water is poured into the bowl to flush the toilet of excreta; approximately 2 to 3L is usually sufficient. The quantity of water and the force of the water (pouring from a height often helps) must be sufficient to move the excreta up and over the curved water seal.'
keywords:
    - sanitation
    - health
    - toilet
    - 'pour flush toilet'
project-link: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Pour_flush_toilet'
contact:
    name: 'Tilley E.'
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        user-handle: 'Tilley E.'
version: 21
made: false
image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/e/ee/Icon_pour_flush_toilet.png'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
licensor:
    name: 'Tilley E.'
    affliation: Akvo
    contact: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Tilley_E.'
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documentation-language: en