That colour key is also mildly infuriating
Your poop isnt green?
I know for sure it’s not blue when I’m healthy haha
You need to start eating more pixie stix then.
Seems like going to India is a health hazard.
makes me rethink the common idea that the reason people get sick when travelling is due to not being used to the different bacteria in the water/food
yeah no if this is true it’s just that we’re not used to there BEING bacteria in the water
I once saw a man in Delhi with a literal cloud of flies permanently stationed above his head. I thought that was just a cartoon trope but I realised then that it was an actual thing.
There’s bacteria everywhere in the West too, and people who move out of the tropics tend to have a lot of respiratory issues in the new environment.
Sanitary standards are lower, and particularly improper disposal of human waste is a massive problem in the third world, but unless you work in semiconductors or at NASA there’s no such thing as perfectly clean. Let’s not be snooty.
Most third world countries have rivers of plastic and all manner of garbage flowing right through densely populated places. India’s rivers are foaming from sewage they are so bad.
And because the education level is so low, the citizens just frolic in it thinking it’s safe, or worse.
No, It’s not because education level is low but the politicians are interested in Brain washing people instead of actually doing something for them.
Plague Inc knew what’s been going on
Maybe not for them, technically they have adapted and overcome. They might even be thriving despite of it…
I knew it was bad, but thats some nasty shit. How do you exist in 2023 and no have some sort of sewage system? 100% is not treated!?
Never been to India, huh?
I have actually. Spent a month there, in a city. Wasn’t nearly as anti-immigrant before I went, then I realized just how differently some people thought and acted. Especially towards women, and especially what they think about sexual harassment/assault, especially against white women.
So yeah, I had a bad experience, just never really dealt with bad sewage.
They really ought to do something about that. That’s 1 billion people’s daily poops going straight into the river/sea
Crashing probes onto the moon is apparently more important, though. Don’t get me wrong: I’m a proponent of space travel but when infrastructure basics aren’t in place, maybe put space exploration on the back burner.
the trouble is that space probes win elections, not water treatment facilities.
Once upon a time toilets won elections in India, though. Only a few years ago they finished building 110 Million Toilets, bringing some states up to 100% toilet per capita coverage.
I wonder if there’s a natural balance of some kind in the budgetary priorities of democracies, with impractical flashy things making up a small but stable allotment.
1.5 actually
I think they were accounting for the percentage in the post; 1.43 billion * .63 = about 900 million people’s waste without any treatment.
Is it common where you live to let poop into the sewage system? Water is a state subject in India, so rules would vary from state to state. But in the ones I’ve lived in, the municipal sewage system is always for grey water (bathwater, kitchen waste, etc.). Toilet waste must go into a septic tank in your own property. Of course, the rules do not apply to slums or other unauthorised buildings.
In the US, in urban areas, the sewage system handles all waste water, and is treated before being reintroduced to waterways. Rural areas, there is no sewage system. Every building without a connection to a sewer has a septic tank.
That’s interesting. I guess our governments just decided that the cost of treating sewage is too high, and so mandated septic tanks instead.
Oh shit
Damn. Before giving the shit to my indians teammates I need to know what the chart would look like in Belgium. But hopefully we’re doing better. Also how to you discuss this subject not sounding like a fucking racist?
I imagine it will be relatively low. I checked and in my (eu) country direct discharge stopped being a legal method of sewage disposal in 2007, so it’ll now probably only be storm overflows and a few illegal cases.
0% everywhere
…Didn’t India invent sewers?
Are they still using those old sewers with no treatment/filtration now?
The Mesopotamians are attributed to the invention of sewers in middle of the Bronze Age.
The Scottish invented sewage treatment in the 18th century.
It’s called Haggis, thank you.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation_of_the_Indus_Valley_Civilisation
Indus valley had evidence of sewers from 4500 bc according to Wikipedia. The different attributions to the invention of sewers is probably because of the question: at what point is it a sewage system?
Well, you seen what the Scottish eat?
Wow, this means that a population significantly greater than the United States in a space less than 1/3 the size of the U.S is just straight up pooping in the rivers.
But the plastic straws from western Europe polluting the sea!
2 wrongs don’t make a right
Why so much hate for cardboard straws D:
It’s because they dissolve within 5 minutes of use after poking them through the plastic lid.
I was gifted a metal collapsible one recently because of my bitching about it and it’s a better experience.
Oh, people do say that but maybe it has to do with the straw quality? The ones I usually use are from McDonald’s or Starbucks and those are fine. Unless you leave them there for a long time (1hour + maybe?).
I’m not US based so maybe in Europe they are sturdier? I dunno…
Nevermind, it seems the commenter above my initial comment is also based in Europe. Eastern Europe while I’m in Western Europe but it’s Portugal so, essentially, eastern Europe.
When all this started about the straws I bought a set of metal straws too but I’ve never heard of collapsible metal straws. That could be a handy item to have on you
They do kind of suck - and not just in the good way.
The Maccies in my country stopped providing plastic straws, and printed on the side of the cup “We’ve stopped using plastic straws. To drink, remove lid. You’re not an infant”
Lol
It’s the dumbest, smallest thing to concentrate on. Plastic waste is a big issue, but straws are small and in the ocean it’s mostly discarded fishing gear that is present. If you want to save the animals from plastic waste stop eating seafood.
Same vibes as making sure you turn your garage LED lights out while the nearby junkyard bathes the whole thing all night killing insects and hiding stars, so people won’t steal their garbage.
The heck is going on in Bihar and Kerala? And WB for that matter?
Living in Kerala is rough dunno about the other places tho
Living in kerala is easy compared to most other states here. Ididnt know about the unfiltered sewage. It’s probably to the sea but yeah still bad for marine life
I’m certainly surprised that this percentage is so high, except for Uttar Pradesh, I’m shocked it’s not 100% there.
From the other days map, about weekly hours worked, I can see that the less people work, the less they treat sewage.
There’s no way it’s just 18% in Delhi. I saw a giant mountain of trash just on the way there the other day. Also Diwali is coming so it’s gonna be foggy as all hell from all the fireworks soon.
What does a mountain of trash have to do with the amount of untreated sewage? Do you think those are the same systems?
I mean if they don’t care about the outward appearance, surely the internals can’t be that clean can they? Being as crowded as it is and all. Maybe I was just in the bad parts but in some areas the gutters were overflowing too.
Something something designated shitting street.
Ahh, a fellow man of culture, familiar with the ancient wisdoms.
Shoutout to Karimanal Kartha from Kerala.
And Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!
