Service regulation and human rights to water and sanitation 2017, para. 50
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Regular cleaning, emptying of pits or other places that collect human excreta, and maintenance should also be regulated, in order to ensure the sustainability of sanitation facilities and continued access to them. Where on-site sanitation solutions are used, regulation must ensure that pits and septic tanks are required to be constructed in a way that contents can be adequately collected and disposed of at a sludge treatment facility rather than dumped into the environment.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation