WEDC Guide No. 23: Latrine pit design

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posted on 2024-12-09, 15:03 authored by Bob Reed, Rod ShawRod Shaw

This guide examines some of the factors that need to be taken into account when planning and designing a latrine pit (or twin pits), including the location of a latrine, its shape, volume, liquid capacity and life.

Author: Bob Reed Quality assurance: Rebecca Scott

Edited and illustrated by Rod Shaw Technical illustrations: Ken Chatterton

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Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Research Unit

Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

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WEDC Guide

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VoR (Version of Record)

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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

2014

Notes

This guide was published by the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) at Loughborough University.

ISBN

9781843801733

Other identifier

WEDC_ID:21784

Language

en

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Free Basic Sanitation Latrine fittings Latrines On-site sanitation Pit latrines Simple pit latrine Latrine pit design WEDC23

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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