bucket system, noun phrase

The sanitation system used in those townships and shack settlements which are without water-borne sewerage.
1952 B. Davidson Report on Sn Afr. 88Sanitation is on the ‘bucket system’ — urine and excrement being regularly lifted in buckets, that is, and carried away outside.
1968 Cole & Flaherty House of Bondage 54Toilets were outside and used the bucket system. Hired crews were supposed to pick up and replace the buckets every few days.
1985 Saspu National Vol.6 No.2, 11At a meeting to protest against the bucket system, residents decided to go and dump the buckets at the administration board.
1988 M. Mosimane in Pace Apr. 28The ‘Third World’ lifestyle of the township which still uses the bucket system and communal water taps.
1990 Weekly Mail 11 May 6The bucket system is still in use.
1994 M-Net TV 6 Oct. (M-Net Cares)They were using the bucket system. We have upgraded it — now they are using a water-borne system.
The sanitation system used in those townships and shack settlements which are without water-borne sewerage.
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