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WEDC Technical Brief No. 45: Latrine slabs and seats

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posted on 2025-02-06, 13:45 authored by John Pickford, Rod Shaw

The most common type of sanitation for low income communities, by far, is a pit latrine. This Technical Brief introduces some of the features of latrine slabs and seats which help to improve the safety and comfort of users.

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School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Research Unit

  • Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

Published in

Running Water. More Technical Briefs on Health, Water and Sanitation

Pages

49 - 52

Publisher

Practical Action Publishing

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

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© Practical Action Publishing

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All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of Practical Action Publishing.

ISBN

9781853394508

eISSN

9781780445816

Language

  • en

Editor(s)

Rod Shaw

Depositor

Mr Matthieu Leger, impersonating Mr John Pickford. Deposit date: 6 February 2025

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