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You should have one handwashing station for every four porta potties. Portable sinks or hand sanitizer stations are required if your event includes food service.

A restroom trailer may be worth the extra investment for your event. Restroom trailers are roomier and more luxurious: they have running water, mirrors, laminate flooring and lights. Restroom trailers also have stalls inside, so multiple guests can use the restroom simultaneously, instead of lining up at a single or a few porta potties. If aesthetics and comfort of your guests are the highest priority, a restroom trailer will be ideal for you. However, if you need a quick budget solution for your guests or crew, or you do not have access to water or electric hookups, then porta potties would be the best fit for you.

A good rule of thumb is to have a one portable restroom for every 10 workers for a 40 hour work week, then increase the number of porta potties as your workforce and work hours increase. For 20 workers, you will have two restrooms, 30 workers would need three restrooms and so on. But if you are staffing for multiple shifts per week, each shift will need its own restroom. You'll need two restrooms for 10 day shift workers and 10 workers on night shift. If you are staffing a third shift, you will need a third restroom. Increase at this standard to ensure every 10 workers on each shift gets one porta potty.