BLM's $98,670 toilet

Romtec waterless toilet

The Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently paid $98,670 for the purchase and installation of an outhouse at the Swede Park Trail Head in Alaska. The purchase includes a single-vault Romtec 1011 "Aspen Single" prefabricated waterless toilet and its installation at the parking area for the trail head. KJ Mushovic of the BLM tells CNSNews.com, “Almost half of it (contract expense) is for the cost of the toilet.” The Oregon based company Romtec lists the "Aspen Single" model on its website for “as low as $9,999”, but the BLM says the price they paid likely includes shipping to Alaska. “And the cost of all the materials that will have to be taken to the site, Mushovic said. “There will be earthwork that’ll have to be done.” The $98,670 contract does not include the pumping out and maintenance of the facility. Those issues are addressed in a separate contract...more

Almost all the news this morning is about the gov't shut down.  This little jewel shows why they deserve it.