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From sludge and biogas to New York City sewage, the narrative weighs the lived reality of waste management against the often-hidden systems behind it. Chapters span sewer design, the robo-toilet revolution, India’s open defecation challenges, China’s biogas boom, and city-scale energy and sanitation outcomes.","# THE BIGNECESSITY\n\nAdventures in the World of Human Waste  \n'In Rose George's hometown in England,impoverishedimmigrants took up residence-in the new public latrines.('Fighting over the more spacious disabled cubiclewas fierce.')Which is worse?Living in a toilet or livingwithout one?George bravely-and sometimes literally一submerges herself in the tragedy and occasional comedyof global sanitation.Sludge,biogas,New York City sewage:I ate up and wanted more!The most unforgettable book topass through the publishing pipeline in years.'  \nMary Roach,author of Stiffand Bonk  \n# THE BIG NECESSITY\n\nROSE GEORGE has written for the Guardian,the Independent,the LondonReview of Books,Jane and many other publications.She graduated with firstclass honours from the University of Oxford,and also holds a master'sdegree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania.Herwriting assignments have included two trips to Saddam Hussein's birthdayparty in Tikrit,and one to Bhutan to watch the Alternative World Cupsoccer final between Bhutan and Montserrat.Her first book,A Life Removed:Hunting for Refuge in the Modern World,about Liberian refugees,waslonglisted for the Lettre Ulysses Award for reportage.She lives in London.  \n# The Big Necessity\n\nAdventures in the World of Human Waste  \nRose George  \nortobenl  \nPublished by Portobello Books Ltd 2008  \nPortobello Books LtdTwelve Addison AvenueHolland ParkLondonW114QR  \nCopyright C Rose George 2008  \nThe right of Rose George to be identified as the author of this workhas been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988  \nA CIP catalogue record is available from the British Library  \n987654321  \nISBN 9781846270697  \nwww.portobellobooks.com  \nText designed and typeset in Berkeley Book byAvon DataSet Ltd,Bidford on Avon,Warwickshire  \nPrinted in the UK by CPI William Clowes Beccles NR347TL  \nFor T.D.W.George,for the introduction.  \nContents  \nINTRODUCTIONExamining the Unmentionables  \n1  \n1.IN THE SEWERS17The Art of Drainage  \n2.THE ROBO-TOILET REVOLUTIONThe actress and the gorilla  \n3.2.6 BILLION73...and sanitation'  \n4.GOING TO THE SULABH101Spade,Black,Dung,Horse  \n5.CHINA'S BIOGAS BOOM123A pig in every bedroom  \n6.A PUBLIC NECESSITY145Frightening the horses  \n7.THE BATTLE OF BIOSOLDSBad Smell,Big Tomatoes  \n·CONTENTS  \n8.OPEN DEFECATION FREE INDIAHusband wanted;must have toilet  \n9.IN THE CITIESAqua-privies for Jesus  \n10.THE ENDSmall energy  \nAcknowledgements  \nNotes  \nFurther Reading  \nFilmography  \nIndex  \n225  \n255  \n271  \n273  \n309  \n313  \n315","cbCaisZQ2c7RATZT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisZQ2c7RATZT","pdf",16920032,2,340,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Examining the Unmentionables\n# In the Sewers\n## The Art of Drainage\n# The Robo-Toilet Revolution\n## The actress and the gorilla\n## 2.6 Billion\n# Going to the Sulabh\n## Spade, Black, Dung, Horse\n# China's Biogas Boom\n# A Public Necessity\n## Frightening the horses\n# The Battle of Biosolids\n## Bad Smell, Big Tomatoes\n# Open Defecation Free India\n## Husband wanted; 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