The days of relieving oneself in a “honey bucket” will soon be over in a number of isolated Native American communities in Alaska, Alex DeMarban reports in The Tundra Drums. Some $42 million is being spent to bring flush toilets and other sanitation improvements to the towns. In a few cases, sewage lagoons inside floodplains will be relocated to places where they are not in danger of causing widespread contamination in times of high water.
Stimulus brings flush toilets for Native Americans in AK
