Handwash stations for food areas, festivals and construction sites across the District, placed beside the portable toilets and restocked at each visit.
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A handwash station is a freestanding unit with a water reservoir, a drain and soap and towel supplies, placed beside a portable toilet or a food area so that people can clean their hands after using the toilet or handling food. A local provider supplies, places and restocks the stations on the same visits as the toilets. Where the station is used for food, its placement follows the food area plan.
Hand cleaning is a simple part of a restroom plan that is often forgotten. On a festival food area on the Mall or along the waterfront, the people queuing for food need somewhere to wash their hands, and the same applies on a construction site where the crew eats and works in the same space. A handwash station placed beside the units and the food keeps the area clean and gives the crowd a reason to use it.
The District's festival and food areas are large and busy, and the crowd moves between the stalls, the units and the exits in a short time. A station placed at each cluster of units and at the exit of each food area is easier to use than one at the far end of the site. On a construction lot, the station is placed by the work area and the place where the crew eats.
The station is supplied with water and soap, and it is restocked and checked at each servicing visit. The provider keeps a note of the supply and the drain, so the station is ready for the next busy hour.
Keep the station's drain and water clear of the walkway, and check the station's footing at each visit. The water and the soap supplies are kept with the station and out of the reach of children.
Mark the food stalls, the units and the exits on the site plan. Note where the crowd queues and where the crew eats or works.
Place one station beside each cluster of units and one at each food exit, with a station for each food area that the plan shows.
Set each station on a level, firm surface where the drain can run away from the path, and clear of the food and the walkway.
Fill the water reservoir, stock the soap and towels, and check the drain before the crowd arrives.
Restock the soap and towels and check the water and the drain at each servicing visit, with extra visits for the busy hours.
Food areas draw a crowd that handles food and then moves on, and a station placed beside the food and the units lets people clean their hands after using the toilet or the stall.
A festival food area with no station is a hand-hygiene gap in the plan. People eat with their hands, queue for the units and touch the same rails and tables, and the station gives them a short, clear place to clean up. The District's festival and food areas are busy, and the station is one of the simplest parts of the plan to get right.
The station is placed with the units on the same plan, so that the reviewer and the crew can see the whole restroom and hand cleaning arrangement in one view.
Beside each cluster of units, at the exit of each food area and at the main entries, on firm and level ground with the drain running away from the path.
A station is placed where the crowd naturally stops, not where it is easiest to connect. At the food area, the station goes at the exit, so that the crowd can wash before it moves on to the units or the seating. At the units, the station sits within a few steps of the door.
The drain is the detail that is most often missed. A station that drains onto the path makes the path wet and slippery, and the placement is set so the water runs to the grass or to the approved drain.
Each station is supplied with water and soap and fitted with a towel supply, and it is checked for the drain and the supply at each servicing visit.
The water reservoir is filled before the crowd arrives, and the soap and towels are stocked to the level the expected use needs. A busy food area uses more soap in the afternoon than in the morning, so the stock is checked and topped up at the visit.
The provider writes down each visit's check of the water, the soap, the towels and the drain. A problem found on a visit is fixed before the next busy hour.
A station is placed by the work area and the eating place, with the water and the soap supplied for the length of the work and checked at each visit.
A construction crew needs to clean its hands before it eats and before it leaves the site, and a station at the work area is the simplest way to do it. The station is placed on a level, firm surface away from the excavation and the materials, and it is supplied for the crew's size and the length of the job.
On a long job, the station is checked at each servicing visit, and its supply is increased if the crew grows.
A station is placed like a portable toilet. A station on private ground needs the owner's consent, and a station on public space needs the permit for that space.
A handwash station on a public walkway or a street space is part of the same permit as the units beside it, and it is shown on the site plan. A station on DC Parks land is shown on the Parks plan.
The station's drain and water supply are part of the plan, so the permit reviewer can see where the water goes.
The servicing visit restocks the soap and towels, refills the water and checks the drain, and the visit frequency is set for the busy hours of the event or the job.
A station is a simple unit, but its supply runs out quickly on a busy day. The visit schedule for the stations matches the units beside them, and extra visits are added on the peak days. The provider keeps a site contact who can report an empty station during the event.
The District's summers and the spring rain both change the use of a station, and the plan is set for the forecast the organiser uses.
A station beside a group of units, placed so the path from the unit to the station is short and clear.
A station at the exit of a food area, placed on the approved space with the drain running away from the stalls.
A station by the work area and the eating place, supplied for the length of the work and checked at each servicing visit.
The Mall's food areas draw a long queue, and a station is placed at each food exit as well as beside the units.
The waterfront events have wide lawns, and the station is set on firm ground away from the walkway.
Construction sites in Shaw and Capitol Hill need a station by the work area, since the crew has little room to wash elsewhere.
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Restroom planning for the spring crowds at the National Cherry Blossom Festival, on the Tidal Basin, the Mall and the paths around them.
Restroom planning for events on the National Mall, along the waterfront and at the edge of Capitol Hill, placed on the approved walkways and crowd routes.
Portable toilets for District construction crews on infill lots, rowhouse renovations and mixed-use builds, planned around frontage, alleys and the crew.
Servicing and cleaning for portable toilets across the District, with the visit interval set for the crowd, the crew, the hot summers and the wet springs.
A portable toilet quote in Washington is set by the number of units, the number of days, how the unit reaches the spot, the accessible units, any handwash stations, the permit work and the hauling.
The count for a District event is set by the operator from the expected crowd at the busiest hour, the length of the event, the food and drink sales and the heat of the day, and the basis is shown in the event file.
The District has hot, humid summers and wet springs, and both change how a portable toilet is serviced.
The National Cherry Blossom Festival draws large crowds to the Tidal Basin and the Mall in spring.
Stations are added to the plan where the food areas or the crew need them. The quote states which stations are included.
One beside each cluster of units and one at each food exit, with the count shown on the site plan.
Yes. A station is placed by the work area and the eating place, on a level, firm surface, and supplied for the length of the job.
A station follows the same permit as the units beside it, whether the space is private, public or DC Parks land.
At each servicing visit, with extra visits on the busy days of an event.