Take it away: the need for designing fecal sludge disposal services for single-pit latrines

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dc.creatorBalasubramanya, Soumya
dc.creatorEvans, E.
dc.creatorAhmed, R.
dc.creatorHabib, A.
dc.creatorAsad, N.S.M.
dc.creatorRahman, M.
dc.creatorHasan, M.
dc.creatorDey, D.
dc.creatorCamargo Valero, M.A.
dc.creatorRao, Krishna Chaitanya
dc.creatorFernando, Sudarshana
dc.date2017-03-01
dc.date2017-05-29T07:42:12Z
dc.date2017-05-29T07:42:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:28:51Z
dc.descriptionThe government of Bangladesh is increasingly paying attention to the safe collection and disposal of fecal sludge from pit latrines in rural areas. In this paper, we report on current sludge disposal practices from single-pit latrines, by conducting a survey of 1,091 households with pit latrines in a rural subdistrict of Bangladesh. Almost all households were using their pits, and 90% reported that hiring pit emptiers to empty the pit for reuse was the dominant pit management practice. However, 90% of households also reported that the sludge from these pits would be disposed of in the vicinity of their homes, by digging wide and shallow troughs in the soil to absorb the sludge. These results indicate an urgent need to design an organized service that safely transports fecal sludge away for treatment. The National Committee for Fecal Sludge Management, constituted by the government of Bangladesh, is using these results to design policy for sludge management.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/81233
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/157157
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIWA Publishing
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBalasubramanya, Soumya; Evans, E.; Ahmed, R.; Habib, A.; Asad, N. S. M.; Rahman, M.; Hasan, M.; Dey, D.; Camargo-Valero, M.; Rao, Krishna Chaitanya; Fernando, Sudarshana. 2017. Take it away: the need for designing fecal sludge disposal services for single-pit latrines. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 8p. (Online first). doi: 10.2166/washdev.2017.073
dc.subjectfaecal sludge
dc.subjectwaste disposal
dc.subjectwaste management
dc.subjectpit latrines
dc.subjectsanitation
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjecthousehold wastes
dc.subjecttransport infrastructure
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjecthealth hazards
dc.subjectenvironmental health
dc.titleTake it away: the need for designing fecal sludge disposal services for single-pit latrines
dc.typeJournal Article

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