Kassa_K_LOCAL.pdf (194.96 kB)
Challenges and opportunities of resource oriented sanitation toilets in Arba Minch, Ethiopia
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by Kinfe KassaArba Minch with about 75000 residents is one of the four towns in East Africa selected by ROSA to
improve the poor sanitation. Out of the randomly surveyed 404 households in the town 10% use open
defecation the rest use substandard pit latrines. The town is characterized by flooding, loose soil and in
some place rocky ground unfavourable for latrine construction. ROSA has constructed seven
Arborloo, seven urine diversion dry toilets, and five Fausa Alterna toilets for households. It is observed
the users are negligent to participate in the operation and maintenance. The major challenges of
the toilets includes poor hygiene, poor toilet seat usage, poor storage of excreta, low involvement
in the transportation and low willingness to use in their garden (farm) as fertilizer. However, there is big
demand for the toilets. Awareness to the public and cooperation along with institutions will realize
success.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Published in
WEDC ConferenceCitation
KASSA, K., 2009. Challenges and opportunities of resource oriented sanitation toilets in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Water, sanitation and hygiene - Sustainable development and multisectoral approaches: Proceedings of the 34th WEDC International Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-22 May 2009, 4p.p.Publisher
© WEDC, Loughborough UniversityVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2009Notes
This is a conference paper.Other identifier
WEDC_ID:13032Language
- en
Usage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedKeywords
Licence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC