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FOSSE AISANCE [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2011-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

A concrete or masonry chamber, usually underground used for collecting and holding sewage from a building and which is pumped out when full.

OBS

Cesspools may be either watertight or leaching.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
DEF

Réservoir enterré destiné à la collecte et au stockage des eaux vannes d’un bâtiment.

CONT

[Fosse d’aisance. ] Elle doit être enterrée à un minimum de 2 mètres de profondeur, hors des surfaces bâties; obligatoirement étanche, elle comporte un regard de visite avec tampon étanche, et un évent d’aération montant au-dessus du niveau des toits, avec grille pare-moustiques. Cette fosse ne doit recueillir que des eaux vannes provenant des w. c., sans effet d’eau.

OBS

L’installation de fosses fixes est soumise à autorisation [...] qui ne peut être accordée qu’en cas d’impossibilité d’installation septique ou d’évacuation vers une station d’épuration.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
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Record 2 2001-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
DEF

A pit latrine (i.e. a latrine consisting of a pit, a squatting plate (or seat and riser) and foundation, and a superstructure) where the pit is slightly offset to make room for an external vent pipe, painted black and located on the sunny side of the latrine superstructure so that the air in the vent pipe will heat up and create an updraft with a corresponding down draft through the squatting plate.

Key term(s)
  • ventilated improved pit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparatos sanitarios
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Record 3 1999-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
DEF

A watertight tank containing a deodorizing and liquefying chemical solution into which fecal matter is directly discharged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
DEF

Fosse d’aisance parfaitement étanche, dans laquelle les matières solides contenues dans les eaux vannes sont liquéfiées et aseptisées par des produits chimiques, dont l'action est activée par un dispositif de brassage [...] Comme les fosses d’aisance ordinaires, la fosse chimique doit être vidangée régulièrement; [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparatos sanitarios
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Record 4 1999-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

A concrete or masonry chamber provided with a cleanout system and which is covered by a privy building with seats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
DEF

Réservoir souterrain recueillant les écoulements de W.-C. et nécessitant une vidange périodique.

Spanish

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