ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 9月28日 09時31分

The hard clay soil in Lowndes County, Alabama is good for growing cotton and cucumbers. But it’s bad for burying things — in particular, septic tanks. So Dorothy Rudolph did what many people in the area do. She ran a plastic pipe from her toilet under her yard and into the woods behind her house. There’s no visible pooling of sewage, but there are other problems. “The smell gets so bad,” said Dorothy, photographed here in front of her home by Bryan Meltz. When it rains, the 64-year-old wages war with her toilet. One recent downpour brought its contents gurgling up to the rim. “I was scared it was going to come back and go on the floor," she said. But paying to put in a septic tank would cost around $6,000 — a little more than half of her family’s annual income. And so, she said, "there's nothing we can do." Dorothy’s family isn’t alone. @uscensusbureau statistics show that nearly half a million U.S. households lack the basic dignity of hot and cold running water, a bathtub or shower, or a working flush toilet. Visit the link in our profile to read more about Americans who have toilets, but no proper plumbing.

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