Reflection on Phase One Research

This research information was interesting in learning about the different sewage systems in not only the past but other cultures. The systems that they have and use influence the type of toilet that they use and how they work. We get so used to the way that they are in our culture that we often forget what they use to be like and what it looks like in other cultures. This research allowed me to look into the sewage systems in ancient Greece and Rome, but what I mainly researched was Greek. I had previously been to another country where their sewage system/ plumbing is not equipped to handle toilet paper being flushed through it, that system and our here in America were the two I found my self comparing to the systems in Greece. I found myself thinking about what can these systems handle and how they impact the people the places around them. In American minimal to nothing, once we leave the bathroom it’s not exactly on our minds. Meanwhile in other cultures chores are need to be done to take out the garbage near the toilets as they put the used toilet paper in the waste and take it out every night. Looking into the past they were having to flush it out from outside of the room.