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Download fileCreating acceptable, affordable and appropriate sanitation options for rural areas
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Bertha A. Darteh, Kankam E. AppiahThe coverage of improved sanitation for rural communities in Ghana still remains at 26% .The major challenges
in the provision of sanitation over the past decade have been based on affordability and appropriateness
of the sanitation options in relation to local conditions. This paper looks at locally relevant sanitation
options. The idea of promoting the use of local materials and local technology is to allow beneficiaries to
be able to build improved latrines on their own. By using local materials for lining of pits and construction
of slab and superstructure, the cost of a latrine can be made as low as GH¢23.00.
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