The architecture of isolation 3 - early December 2023

Drains, foulness, disease transmission

In the first page of my diary, Melanie inquired about plumbing arrangements in Roman settlements. The one I am digging now had completely separate (180-degree difference in orientation) outflows for sewage and waste water.

The picture below shows the cloaca or sewage outflow. The channel is still intact, as you can see, after 2000 years. The supply wate…