Volume 1, No. 8. May 18, 2001
It's a toilet!
Holiday World and Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus,
Indiana, announces the arrival of new rest rooms and new urinals, May 5, 2001.
Measurements: 320 square feet (96 square meters) for one set of men's and women's
rooms, 1,040 square feet (312 square meters) for the other set of women's and
men's rooms, the latter containing four Waterless Urinals delivered by Waterless
Co. LLC.
Armed with a loaded Super Soaker
water gun, park matriarch and owner Pat Koch led approximately 30 women on a
ladies only "V.I.Pee Tour" of the new men's rest room at the front entrance
to Holiday World during last week's annual Stark Raven Mad event. Her target:
the four new waterless urinals the park installed as a water-saving measure
in order to gain Indiana Department of Environmental Management's permission
to build the rest rooms.
Will Koch, park president and CEO, described for the ladies the plumbing methodology
of traditional urinals versus the new receptacles' use of Blue Seal trap seals
to dispose of what he delicately termed "the offensive yellow liquid." Blue
Seal is an oily compound operating on the principle that water is heavier than
oil. He pointed out three other benefits to the new system:
•No more unflushed or constantly flushing urinals;
•Less cleaning because urine
won't cling to their specially treated fiberglass walls;
•The Blue Seal trap seals off the urine odor, a particularly significant
plus for Pat Koch, who also serves as the park's Director of Cleaning Services.
"Based on my experience, I can tell you that men's urine smells stronger than
women's," she said.
Taking aim at the urinals, Pat and Will fired their water guns loaded with blue-colored
water for visibility. The water hit the back wall of the urinal and flowed to
the Blue Seal trap at the bottom of the basin. The water fell under the Blue
Seal, which, floating on top, sealed off the water. The trap is changed every
three months to renew the Blue Seal.
"They are sanitary and odor-free. They save money and save water. And they are
innovative and we like to be innovative," Pat Koch told the gathering. Then
she cleaned the urinal used for the demonstration.
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