November 19th chaka chilichonse ndi WorldChimbudziTsiku. Bungwe la International Toilet Organization likuchita ntchito pa tsikuli pofuna kudziwitsa anthu kuti padakali anthu 2.05 biliyoni padziko lapansi omwe alibe chitetezo chokwanira chaukhondo. Koma kwa ife amene tingasangalale ndi zimbudzi zamakono, kodi tinayamba tamvetsadi chiyambi cha zimbudzi?
Sizikudziwika yemwe adayambitsa chimbudzi poyamba. Anthu oyambirira a ku Scotland ndi Agiriki ankadzinenera kuti ndi amene anayambitsa zinthuzo, koma palibe umboni. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za 3000 BC mu nthawi ya Neolithic, panali munthu wina dzina lake Skara Brae ku Scotland. Anamanga nyumba ndi miyala ndipo anatsegula njira yopita kukona ya nyumbayo. Akatswiri a mbiri yakale amakhulupirira kuti mapangidwe amenewa anali chizindikiro cha anthu oyambirira. Chiyambi cha kuthetsa vuto la chimbudzi. Cha m'ma 1700 BC, ku Knossos Palace ku Krete, ntchito ndi mapangidwe a chimbudzi zinamveka bwino. Mapaipi adothi analumikizidwa ndi njira yoperekera madzi. Madzi ankayenda m’mapaipi adongo, omwe amatha kutulutsa chimbudzi. Udindo wa madzi.
Pofika m’chaka cha 1880, Prince Edward wa ku England (yemwe anadzatchedwa Mfumu Edward VII) analemba ganyu Thomas Crapper, woimba mabomba odziwika bwino panthawiyo, kuti amange zimbudzi m’nyumba zambiri zachifumu. Ngakhale kuti Crapper amanenedwa kuti anapanga zinthu zambiri zokhudzana ndi chimbudzi, Crapper si amene anayambitsa chimbudzi chamakono monga momwe aliyense amaganizira. Iye anali munthu woyamba kudziwitsa anthu zonse zimene anapanga m’chimbudzi chake monga holo yochitira ziwonetsero, kotero kuti anthu akamakonza zimbudzi kapena akafuna zipangizo zina, azimuganizira nthawi yomweyo.
Nthawi yomwe zimbudzi zaukadaulo zidayambadi m'zaka za zana la 20: mavavu othamangitsa, matanki amadzi, ndi mapepala akuchimbudzi (opangidwa mu 1890 ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mpaka 1902). Zopangidwa ndi zolengedwazi zingawoneke ngati zazing'ono, koma tsopano zikuwoneka kuti zakhala zofunika kwambiri. Ngati mukuganizabe zimenezochimbudzi chamakonosizinasinthe kwambiri, ndiye tiyeni tiwone: Mu 1994, Nyumba Yamalamulo yaku Britain idapereka lamulo la Energy Policy Act, lofuna wamba.chimbudzi chochapirakuthira madzi okwana malita 1.6 okha panthawi imodzi, theka la amene ankagwiritsidwa ntchito kale. Mfundoyi inatsutsidwa ndi anthu chifukwa zimbudzi zambiri zinali zitatsekeka, koma posakhalitsa makampani a ukhondo anayamba kupanga zimbudzi zabwinoko. Machitidwewa ndi omwe mumagwiritsa ntchito tsiku ndi tsiku, omwe amadziwikanso kuti amakonochimbudzi commodemachitidwe.
