Portable Toilets for Dragon Boat Races in Guangzhou

The setup of portable toilets in different dragon boat races in Guangzhou varies depending on the scale of the event and the conditions of the venue. Some events meet the demand by adding portable toilets or deploying mobile toilet trucks.

At the 2025 Diejiao Dragon Boat Drifting Competition, considering the large scale of the event and the high number of participants, the four competition areas in Diejiao made sufficient supplements to the existing public toilet facilities. Originally, there were 22 public toilets with a total of 142 toilet stalls. To cope with the high demand during the event, 48 additional portable toilets were added, and residents were also encouraged to open up 30 private toilets in their homes. Through these measures, the total number of toilet stalls reached 172, effectively alleviating the problem of toilet shortages during the event and providing relatively sufficient toilet resources for participants, staff, and spectators.

The 2025 Guangdong Provincial Dragon Boat Open (Enping Station) set up toilets according to the actual situation of the main venue. There was a public toilet beside the main venue, along with a mobile toilet truck. The public toilet could meet basic daily needs, while the mobile toilet truck offered flexibility and could be adjusted in position according to the on-site crowd flow, further facilitating public use and ensuring timely and convenient toilet services for people during the event.

At the 2024 "Chuan-Yu-Shaan" Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament and the "Row Across Sichuan" Tongchuan Station event, portable toilets were set up at the competition venue. This setup highlighted the convenient and quick features of portable toilets, as they could be rapidly deployed to suitable locations within the venue to meet the concentrated toilet demands during the event due to high personnel mobility, providing strong logistical support for the smooth progress of the event.

Overall, dragon boat races in Guangzhou make reasonable arrangements for portable toilet setups based on the characteristics and needs of different events to ensure the normal life of personnel and the smooth conduct of activities during the events.