Smart Sanitation Solutions (English)
Examples of innovative, low-cost technologies for toilets, collection, transportation, treatment and use of sanitation products
| Auteur | NWP |
|---|---|
| Serie | Smart Solution Series |
| ISBN | 9789460220029 |
| Taal | Engels |
| Bindwijze | Paperback |
| Pagina's | 68 pagina's |
| Verschenen | 2006 |
| Prijs | € 15.00 |
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Beschrijving
Scepticism about achieving essential development goals and fighting poverty is fading away. Since the Millennium Development Summit in 2000, when 189 heads of state declared their full commitment to achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the world has had an unprecedented opportunity to improve the living conditions of billions of people in rural and urban areas. MDG 7 is particularly relevant to this booklet. Target 10 of that goal is to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation by 2015. The Netherlands is ready to take concrete steps in this field and that is why I pledged in 2005 to contribute towards providing access to safe drinking water and sanitation for at least fifty million people by 2015. The time for lengthy discussions is over. Now it is time for action. Political will, increased resources, affordable technologies and new partnerships are in place to increase access to safe drinking water and sanitation. We must realise, however, that most sanitation facilities used by households or operated by small-scale enterprises were built without external support. This shows there are alternatives to the large centralised conventional systems. More importantly, small-scale solutions have proven to be cost effective. Implemented in large numbers, they can boost health, improve agricultural production and generate local business all at the same time. That is why large-scale dissemination of these technologies is crucial.
Smart technologies like this help us to tackle poverty immediately. Capacity building in both software and hardware is equally important to success – not only for users and institutions, but also for small and medium-sized enterprises.
This booklet on sanitation, like its counterpart Smart Water Solutions, gives examples of household and community-based sanitation solutions that have proven effective and affordable. It illustrates a range of innovative sanitation technologies that have already helped thousands of poor families to improve their lives. The technologies described are a source of inspiration.
This publication is the result of a collaboration effort by a number of organisations:
NWP, Waste, Practica, IRC, Simavi, Partners voor Water.
Table of Content
- The need for sanitation
- Factors influencing pathogen die-off
- The challenges of sanitation coverage
- What makes sanitation technologies smart?
- The elements of sanitation technologies
- Figures on the characteristics of excreta
- Sanitation techniques
An all in one system; the ArborLoo
- Toilets
Dry toilets / Dry urine diversion toilets / Pour flush slabs / Waterless urinals
- Collection
Fossa Alterna / Oil drums and containers / Vaults and chambers
- Transportation
Cartage system / MAPET and Vacutug system / Settled sewerage (small diameter)
- Treatment
Co-composting / Dehydration / Planted soil filter / Anaerobic digestion
- Using sanitation products
Intermezzo “The need to recover phosphorous from excreta” / Compost as soil conditioner / Human urine as fertiliser / Biogas as source of energy
- Case study 1: Urine diversion in the Philippines
- Case study 2: Fixed-dome biogas systems in Nepal
Other languages
This publication is also available in French.
Also published in the Smart Solution Series
- Smart Water Solutions in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
- Smart Water Harvesting Solutions in English, French, Portuguese
- Smart Finance Solutions (forthcoming)
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