The stinky pit toilets you find at some remote campgrounds in the Los Padres National Forest will soon be gone, as part of an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce pollution.
The pit toilets, which are technically called large capacity cesspools, have been banned since 2005 under the Safe Water Drinking Act. Now, the EPA and the Forest Service have announced an agreement to remove the remaining 60 pit toilets in seven national forests in California.
It includes 13 in the Los Padres National Forest. But, Forest Service officials say they will still provide relief. The pit toilets will be replaced with cement lined ones, so waste doesn’t end up seeping into the ground, and potentially into groundwater.
