Will DC's Inaugural Porta-Pottypalooza Spawn an Eco-Disaster?
As an estimated 2.5 million people party on the streets of DC all day and night, an environmental and public health disaster could be brewing. Apparently, the historic celebration will not only be breaking records when it comes to crowd size, it's also vying for most porta-potties ever deployed at a single event: 5,000. According to porta-potty expert Conrad Harrell, "This is the largest temporary restroom event in the history of the United States." While planners and experts have worked hard to coordinate the events restroom facilities, when it comes to an event this size, there's just no precedent. Officials are just hoping that what happened during the Pope's visit to Toronto in '02 doesn't happen this week in DC. As the porta-johns were emptied after that event, a raincoat and a plastic bag (the root of all that is evil) were flushed into Toronto's sewage system, resulting in flooding and damage to the tune of $15 million. Ouch. That event drew 800,000 -- about a third the size of the crowds in Washington, DC.
[via Treehugger]
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