To deny a person the ability to meet an essential biological need is an affront to human rights and personal dignity. Public restrooms are as essential to community well-being as sidewalks, traffic signals and street lighting.
Sanitation systems in the United States are vulnerable to natural disasters and the effects of climate change, including earthquakes, flooding, tornados, and sea level rise.
PHLUSH exists to ensure that human well-being and public health are maintained through equitable access to toilets/sanitation systems. We also aim to provide guidance for households and neighborhoods to be adequately prepared to manage sanitation in the wake of a disaster.
Mission
Through education and advocacy, PHLUSH helps local governments and citizen groups to provide equitable public restroom availability and to prepare for sanitation disasters with appropriate ecological toilet systems.
Vision
Toilet availability is a human right and well-designed sanitation systems restore health to our cities, our waters and our soils.
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With the support of PHLUSH, the Jefferson County Sanitation HAT has been hard at work this year strengthening community relationships, surveying local residents on sanitation needs and educational interests, and collaborating with local and regional experts to address rural sanitation challenges. A Housing+Sanitation Learning Series kicked off this fall, starting…
December 28, 2021 As the cost of housing skyrockets across the United States, we’ve been wondering about the potential of water reuse and low-water toilet technologies to augment the affordable housing supply. Now, housing advocates, local officials, and residents in rural Jefferson County, Washington, have asked PHLUSH to find…
Today is Menstrual Hygiene Day, and PHLUSH realizes that menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and health can be improved with adequate access to restrooms. We are beginning to dive into the intersection of restroom advocacy and MHM -- learn more by hearing our board President, Genevieve Schutzius, speak on the intersection…
This Tuesday: Composting Toilets & Supporting Codes and Policies
Can ecological sanitation help increase the supply of affordable housing?
Happy Menstrual Hygiene Day!
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