WAC 246-361-100   Toilet facilities.  (1) General toilet requirements. Operators must provide flush toilets, chemical toilets, or pit privies. The department of health or health officer according to requirements in chapter 246-272 WAC, must approve pit privies. The operator must comply with the following:

     (a) Flush toilets, chemical toilets, and urinals must not be located in any tent.

     (b) When chemical toilets are provided 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 dwelling unit or food-handling facility; 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 tent; 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 ratios as defined in (a) of this subsection;

     (ii) Identify each room "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.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.114A.065 and 70.114A.110. 00-06-082, § 246-361-100, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00.]