WAC 246-358-100   Toilet facilities.  (1) General toilet requirements. Operators must provide water flush toilets unless chemical toilets or pit privies are specifically approved by the department of health or health officer according to requirements in chapter 246-272 WAC and ensure the following:

     (a) Flush toilets, chemical toilets, and urinals must not be located in any sleeping room, dining room, or cooking or food handling facility.

     (b) When chemical toilets are approved, they must be:

     (i) Located at least fifty feet from any dwelling unit or food handling facility;

     (ii) Maintained by a licensed waste disposal company; and

     (iii) Comply with local ordinances.

     (c) When urinals are provided:

     (i) There must be one urinal or two linear feet of urinal trough for each twenty-five men;

     (ii) The floors and walls surrounding a urinal and extending out at least fifteen inches on all sides, must be constructed of materials which will not be adversely affected by moisture;

     (iii) The urinal must have an adequate water flush where water under pressure is available; and

     (iv) Urinal troughs are prohibited in pit privies.

     (d) When pit privies are approved they must be:

     (i) At least one hundred feet away from any sleeping room, dining room, cooking or food handling facilities; and

     (ii) Constructed to exclude insects and rodents from the pit.

     (2) Centralized toilet facilities. The operator must meet the following requirements when centralized toilet facilities are provided:

     (a) Provide toilet rooms with:

     (i) One toilet for every fifteen persons;

     (ii) One handwashing sink for every six persons;

     (iii) Either a window of at least six square feet opening directly to the outside, or be satisfactorily ventilated; and

     (iv) All outside openings screened with sixteen-mesh material.

     (b) Locate toilet rooms so that:

     (i) Toilets are within two hundred feet of the door of each sleeping room; and

     (ii) No person has to pass through a sleeping room to reach a toilet room.

     (c) Maintain toilets in a clean and sanitary condition, cleaned at least daily.

     (d) Provide each toilet compartment with an adequate supply of toilet paper.

     (e) When shared facilities will be used for both men and women:

     (i) Provide separate toilet rooms for each sex with a minimum of one toilet room for each sex and meet the required ratio as defined in (a) of this subsection;

     (ii) Identify each room for "men" and "women" with signs printed in English and in the native language of the persons occupying the camp, or identified with easily understood pictures or symbols; and

     (iii) Separate facilities by solid walls or partitions extending from the floor to the roof or ceiling when facilities for each sex are located in the same building.

     (3) Individual family/unit dwelling toilet requirements. If providing flush toilets in individual cabins, apartments, or houses, the operator must:

     (a) Provide one toilet for each individual family dwelling unit or fifteen persons.

     (b) Provide one handwashing sink for each six persons. The sink must be located in the toilet room or immediately adjacent.

     (c) Provide a window of at least six square feet opening directly to the outside, or be satisfactorily ventilated.

     (d) Ensure all outside openings are screened with sixteen-mesh material.

     (e) Ensure toilet facilities are cleaned prior to occupancy and request occupants to maintain the facilities in a clean and sanitary condition.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.114A.065 and 70.114A.110. 00-06-082, § 246-358-100, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.54.110. 96-02-014, § 246-358-100, filed 12/21/95, effective 1/1/96.]