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[[Image:dry_toilet.png|thumb|right|150px|[[Dry toilet |Dry toilet]], in Mexico (for credits, click the picture)]]
[[Image:slatsanc.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Dry toilet |SanPlat]]-type dry toilet. (for credits, click the picture)]]
'''A Dry Toilet is a toilet that operates without water. The Dry Toilet may be a raised pedestal that the user can sit on, or a squat pan that the user squats over. In both cases, excreta (both urine and faeces) fall through a drop hole.'''
Here, a Dry Toilet refers specifically to the device that the user sits or squats over. In other literature, a Dry Toilet may refer to a variety of technologies, or combinations of technologies (especially pits).
[[Image:dry_toilet.png|thumb|right|150px|[[Dry toilet |Dry toilet]], in Mexico (for credits, click the picture)]]
[[Image:slatsanc.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Dry toilet |SanPlat]]-type dry toilet. (for credits, click the picture)]]
The Dry Toilet is usually placed over a pit; if two pits are used, the pedestal or slab should be designed in such a way that it can be lifted and moved from one pit to another.