Northeast Sanitation Blog

How Irish Dancing Got Started through the use of Portable Toilets.

How many restrooms do I need? 

If you have a construction site and you don’t know how many portable toilets you need OSHA recommends one toilet for every 10 men/women over a 40 hour work week. At an event, you should have one toilet for every 50 people attending. If access to the restrooms is limited to certain time frame with in the event, such as intermission at a concert, lines may require a smaller ratio of toilets per attendees. When considering where to place the toilet or restroom in your yard for an event or on the job site, keep in mind that a truck must be able to pull with in 15ft of the unit to be able to pump it clean, a full toilet can not be moved manually. Restroom trailers need access to electricity and a water hose, but traditional portable toilets were designed for spaces without water or electricity. There are lighting sources available for these units however, so please ask if you are in need of them.