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Buckley, C., Foxon, K., Rodda, N., Brouckaert, C., Mantovanelli, S., Mnguni, M. (2008). Research into UD/VIDP (Urine Diversion Ventilated Improved Double Pit) Toilets: Physical and health-related characteristics of UD/VIDP vault contents - WRC Report No. 1629/1/08. Water Research Commission, South Africa. [4 KB]

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The eThekwini Municipality which is considered as one of the leading municipalities in South Africa in the provision of basic sanitation services has selected Urine Diversion, …

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WSUP (2011). Integrating faecal sludge management (FSM) into urban sanitation planning - Discussion paper. Water & sanitation for the urban poor (WSUP), London, UK. [4 KB]

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The management of faecal sludge from onsite toilets (pit latrines and septic tanks) is a notoriously difficult problem in dense low-income urban communities: often sludge is dumped …

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Narracott, A. (2013). Activating the Urban On Site Sanitation Market With New Technology - Various documents on results from research grant. Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor, London. [4 KB]

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This library entry contains background documents for a grant that Andy Narracott is leading and which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. …

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Vodounhessi, A., von Münch, E. (2006). Farmers and Households Orientation, and Effective Decentralization to make Faecal Sludge Management Integrated part of Ecosan Approach in Kumasi, Ghana. [536.37 KB]

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Sanitation services provision in Africa needs to go beyond technologies and focus more on appropriate financial and institutional arrangements to reach systems' sustainability …

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Vodounhessi, A., von Münch, E. (2006). Financial Challenges to Making Faecal Sludge Management an Integrated Part of the Ecosan Approach, Kumasi, Ghana. IWA Publishing. [71.53 KB]

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Many sub-Saharan African towns currently face a “faecal sludge crisis”, because large amounts of faecal sludge from unsewered toilets (pit latrines, septic tanks etc.) are …

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Schwartzbrod, L. (2000). Virus humains et santé publique. Conséquences de l´utilisation des eaux usées et des boues en agriculture et conchyliculture (in French) - Human viruses and public health. Consequences of waste water and sludge use in agriculture and in shellfish aquaculture. [1005.29 KB]

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Les virus abondent dans le milieu aquatique aussi bien dans les eaux douces que marines. Cependant, les virus du milieu hydrique présentant un intérêt direct en santé humaine …

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Nwaneri, C. F. (2009). Physico-chemical characteristics and biodegradability of contents of ventilated improved pit latrines (VIPs) in eThekwini Municipality. MSc Thesis, Faculty of Science and Agriculture School of Biological and Conservation Sciences University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. [1.29 MB]

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Lack of access to basic sanitation and water by rural and dense peri-urban communities in South Africa has necessitated the introduction of ventilated improved pit latrines (VIPs). …

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de los Reyes, F. (2013). Power auger modification to empty pits: developing a pit extraction auger - Various documents on results from research grant. North Carolina State University, USA. [908.37 KB]

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This library entry contains background documents for a grant that Francis de los Reyes is leading and which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. …

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Still, D., Louton, B., Bakare, B., Taylor, C., Foxon, K., Lorentz, S. (2012). Investigating the potential of deep row entrenchment of pit latrine and waste water sludges for forestry and land rehabilitation purposes - WRC Project No. K5/1829. Water Reserach Commission (WRC), South Africa. [8.81 MB]

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This study investigated the application of the deep row entrenchment method under South African conditions with the aim of establishing whether the use of pit latrine and …

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Ho, P. Y. C., Teh, T. H., Zakaria, M. Y., Lean, C. L., Tan, S. H., Sasidharan, V. (2011). Landscape analysis and business model assessment in faecal sludge management: extraction and transportation model in Malaysia - Final report. Consultancy report by ERE Consulting Group in collaboration with INDAH Water Konsortium (IWK) commissioned by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA. [2.93 MB]

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The study was undertaken in three (3) model cities in Peninsular Malaysia and included Kuala Lumpur (land area 243km2), which is the capital city; Melaka (land area 689km2), the …

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