Before electric water fountains were invented, the kids lined up after recess and lunch just to drink lukewarm to cold water.
I didn't know permanent outhouses hired a "specialists digger" but that makes sense. I always thought a wagon or "today's truck" would come out and empty the toilet basin.
There is a sense of unity and uniformity in this and The Way it used to be. lol!
No sir. In Alabama......you just pulled a wagon from out of the back of the outhouse, down the hill about 100 yards and dumped it.