Mercer-2916.pdf (213.81 kB)
Implementing an engineering field testing platform for sustainable non-sewered sanitation prototypes
conference contribution
posted on 2018-11-08, 16:20 authored by Susan J. Mercer, Rebecca Sindall, Ruth S. Cottingham, Chris Buckley, N. Alcock, L. Zuma, G. GoundenResearchers globally are developing sanitation solutions that make faecal waste safe, are affordable, do not require external power, water or sewer connections and that recover and reuse water, energy and nutrients. The Engineering Field Testing platform is a collaboration between the Pollution Research Group at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, eThekwini Water and Sanitation and a private company, Khanyisa Projects, which provides a supportive space to test early engineering concepts in a real world environment, while still under the control of technology developers. Local teams of engineers, scientists and social scientists support technology developers through site selection, community engagement, ethical approval, site preparation, installation and commissioning, sampling, testing and feedback and decommissioning. This ensures that locally relevant risks can be identified and mitigated. The concentration of prototypes being tested in a single location allows support resources and expertise to be pooled and increases collaboration to overcome common challenges.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Published in
Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services: Proceedings of the 41st WEDC International ConferencePages
? - ? (6)Citation
MERCER, S.J. ... et al, 2018. Implementing an engineering field testing platform for sustainable non-sewered sanitation prototypes. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services: Proceedings of the 41st WEDC International Conference, Nakuru, Kenya, 9-13 July 2018, Paper 2916, 6 pp.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
2018Notes
This is a conference paper.Language
- en
Location
Nakuru, KenyaAdministrator link
Usage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedKeywords
Licence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC