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WEDC Guide No. 27: Ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrines

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The addition of a vent pipe to a simple pit latrine is one way of reducing the nuisance of flies in the cubicle if the cubicle is kept clean and dark. This type of latrine is called a ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine. There are a number of designs to suit different situations but they all work in much the same way. This guide describes how they work and presents various designs and design details.

© WEDC, Loughborough University, 2014

Author: Bob Reed Quality assurance: Brian Reed and Rebecca Scott

Edited and illustrated by Rod Shaw

Designed and produced by WEDC Publications

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School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Research Unit

  • Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

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WEDC Guide

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© WEDC, Loughborough University

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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

9781843801757

Other identifier

WEDC_ID:21786

Language

  • en

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    Keywords

    KVIPLatrinesPour flush latrinesVentilated improved pit latrines (VIP)VIPPVIPsSpiral VIP latrineVIP latrinesVIP latrine

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    CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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