Sewage-tracking app gets to the bottom of waste disposal

A Polish water company wants local residents to become more environmentally aware by learning about the local sewage network — so it has developed a smartphone application that shows them the route, time and speed their “delivery” takes from the toilet to the local sewage system.

November 06, 2012





JAWORZNO, Poland — A Polish water company wants local residents to become more environmentally aware by learning about the local sewage network — so it has developed a smartphone application that shows them the route, time and speed their “delivery” takes from the toilet to the local sewage system.



The phone app, the brainchild of Jaworzno’s Municipal Water and Sewage Company, shows toilet humor is alive and well in the smartphone age. But its Polish creators say the primary function of “Where’s my poo?” is to make children environmentally aware and interested in the messy business of sewage.



Residents of Jaworzno City can track their waste from flush to sewage works, following its route and distance through local sewers on their smartphone or computer. — Reuters


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