Elucia Nileran
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As a civil engineering student, I can't help but think about how the White Tower and Tar Valon as a city manage their waste and water. It's mentioned a bit in the books when Elaida lets waste build up in the street. As for water, there is mention of washstands, cisterns, latrines, water being brought up for bathing, maybe bathhouses, and a tunnel that lets wastewater out of the tower. Is there a sewer system? I assume while reading these books that they have a Roman level of sanitation technology and road building in Tar Valon.
On a different track, if I were a brown sister in the white tower and I wanted cats, how do you handle animal waste? Verin Sedai has an owl and in the description of her study, it is mentioned it is extremely dusty. I would assume Verin is disposing of owl pellets by herself. I'm guessing she burns them in her own fireplace so that she doesn't set books on fire.
Also, how do they vent hearth smoke from all those hearths?
On a different track, if I were a brown sister in the white tower and I wanted cats, how do you handle animal waste? Verin Sedai has an owl and in the description of her study, it is mentioned it is extremely dusty. I would assume Verin is disposing of owl pellets by herself. I'm guessing she burns them in her own fireplace so that she doesn't set books on fire.
Also, how do they vent hearth smoke from all those hearths?