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The UPA-Ecosan concept in Uganda: socio-acceptability and hygiene safety
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Constanze Windberg, Ralf Otterpohl, Allan Nkurunziza, George W. NasinyamaThe interdisciplinary PhD research “Potentials and Constraints to the Link of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture and
Ecological Sanitation” carried out at University of Technology Hamburg-Harburg, TUHH assesses the safe reuse of faeces
and urine and the social acceptability of re-circulation of human-derived nutrients. Thus facilitating the interaction of
ecosan and agriculture. The research complements already conducted and on-going work. Vital part of the studies is the
continuous monitoring of temperature and humidity and the repeated analyses of bio-solids for pH and microbiological
parameters over a period of twelve months. Furthermore a study on the survival of Ascaris suum eggs in the faecal matter
is carried out while the assessment of the socio-cultural acceptance of human derived nutrients is conducted by interviews.
Preliminary results from interviews and observations are presented.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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WINDBERG, C. ... et al, 2005. The UPA-Ecosan concept in Uganda: socio-acceptability and hygiene safety. IN: Kayaga, S. (ed). Maximising the benefits from water and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 31st WEDC International Conference, Kampala, Uganda, 31 October-4 November 2005, pp. 96-99.Publisher
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WEDC_ID:10795Language
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