SuSanA Forum- Re: 12 March -16h00 : SuSanA–WASHtech webinar on Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) - by: jkohlitz March 12, 2014Thank you to the presenters and moderators today on the TAF webinar. One question I came up with toward the end: I see how the TAF can be a good decision-making tool for considering sustainability on the community-level after listening to the case studies from the presenters. But I guess it's a bit less clear to me how it can be used effectively for det […]
- The Guardian's Global Development Professionals Network online Q&A: March 13, 2014 - by: susanaforum March 12, 2014The Guardian's Global Development Professionals Network is organising a live Q&A online on Thursday March 13, 2014 from 1-3pm GMT. This Q&A will discuss issues of sustainable sanitation and challenges and solutions by bringing together experts in the field, including the SuSanA secretariat's Rahul Ingle as one of the discussion panellist. P […]
- Re: Developing fortified excreta pellets for use in agriculture - and From Waste to Food - Phase 1 and 2 (IWMI, Ghana) - by: muench March 12, 2014Dear Josiane and Funke, While writing up the above information about your presentation during webinar 6, I had 3 follow-up questions with some sub-questions: (1) Fredrick's question in the chat was missed out: Fredrick: Funke: That leaves out sludge from pit latrines, or are they seldom used as a technology? I had also wondered about solid waste. Are yo […]
- Re: TERRA PRETA SANITATION (TPS): Urine diversion or no diversion? - by: GeorgLiebig March 12, 2014Dear Ralph, thanks a lot for your comment. I also think that no-diversion can make sense in densely populated areas where people do not use urine for their own garden plots. In this case more cover material is necessary to soak up urine, right? What sort of material could possibly be used and how does this affect the fermentation? Is it then still necessary […]
- Re: Write-up from webinar 6 - Vapor-permeable membranes (Steve Dentel, University of Delaware, USA) - by: HakanJonsson March 12, 2014Dear Skedental, I just wanted to point out that this is an issue that ought to be watched out for, especially as Steve has not said that the PTFE is not on the surface of the bag meterial. I do realize that this is an interesting technology with many benefits, and these might well outweigh the potential risks. None the less, one should be aware also of poten […]
- Re: Developing fortified excreta pellets for use in agriculture - and From Waste to Food - Phase 1 and 2 (IWMI, Ghana) - by: muench March 12, 2014Dear all, This is my second write-up of a presentation at the sixth SuSanA-SEI webinar: For the benefit of readers with slow internet connection (or unable to view Youtube videos), I am providing you here with a write-up of the presentation by Josiane Nikiema and the discussion on 25 February 2014 during webinar number 6 (*). The topic of her presentation wa […]
- Re: Write-up from webinar 6 - Vapor-permeable membranes (Steve Dentel, University of Delaware, USA) - by: skdentel March 12, 2014Arno/Håkan, This is not the place to argue about the precautionary principle, but I think this is an example of taking it to extremes. As I noted, the external surfaces of the fabrics are not made of Teflon or other hydrophobic substances, so abrasion is not a likely issue. Nonetheless, I cannot prove it will not happen under some conditions that you may com […]
- Re: Blog post by Brian Arbogast, Director, WSH Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Debunking Sanitation Myths - by: joeturner March 12, 2014Juergen wrote: Well, living and having lived before in quite a few major cities around the globe, including Delhi, Cotonou, Manila, or Ouagadougou, I can assure that the failure of decentralized system may not look spectacularly catastrophic, but has the same effects, as a failing centralized system in terms of impact on citizens' living conditions and […]
- Re: Blog post by Brian Arbogast, Director, WSH Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Debunking Sanitation Myths - by: Juergen March 12, 2014joeturner wrote: ...The fact is that centralised systems carry with them tremendous risks. The systems require ongoing political commitment, regular and ongoing investment of capital, human resources etc. There are examples of centralised systems, recently installed, which have failed due to lack of consideration of these factors. .... You are not wrong abou […]
- Re: Blog post by Brian Arbogast, Director, WSH Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Debunking Sanitation Myths - by: joeturner March 12, 2014dietvorst wrote: A (low-)flush toilet (which users prefer) + sewerage + wastewater treatment + resource recovery, is a sustainable, advanced sanitation service. Calculations for non-sewered approaches need to take in account: - high communication/advocacy costs needed to gain user and policy-maker acceptance - economies of scale (the report you mention is ba […]
- Re: 12 March -16h00 : SuSanA–WASHtech webinar on Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) - by: jkohlitz March 12, 2014
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- SuSanA news mail March 2014 March 4, 2014Dear SuSanA members and partners, This news mail informs you about the latest news from SuSanA and the SuSanA partners. The newsmail is sent to 4688 subscribers and contains the following topics: 1. SuSanA cities working group meeting in Delhi, India on 23 March 2014 2. SuSanA Breaking the taboo sanitation cartoon competition 3. Preparation underway to launc […]
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- SuSanA news mail June 2013 July 9, 2013Dear SuSanA members and partners, This bi-monthly e-mail informs you about the latest news from SuSanA and the SuSanA partners. This e-mail is sent to 3894 subscribers and contains the following topics: Dr. Peter Morgan named 2013 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Documentation of the SuSanA core group and key stakeholder meeting now online 17th SuSanA meeting […]
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- Dr Peter Morgan June 3, 2013Peter Morgan – one of my Champions − has been awarded this year’s Stockholm Water Prize. Really well deserved! Congratulations Peter!
- Good question! January 30, 2013The cover of the 10 January issue of The Economist:
- World Toilet Day November 19, 2012Today is World Toilet Day – see here and also ThePublicToilet.com. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in association with Domestos, has released this report which is well worth reading: Toilets for Health.
- No toilet, no bride! November 16, 2012In the UK Daily Mail of 23 October: No toilet? Then no bride − the Indian government's bizarre new campaign to increase indoor lavatories. Well, that’s one way of promoting sanitation!
- Top three toilets? October 31, 2012From the Gates Foundation website (dated 14 August): ‘Bill Gates Names Winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge’:California Institute of Technology in the United States received the $100,000 first prize for designing a solar-powered toilet that generates hydrogen and electricity. Loughborough University in the United Kingdom won the $60,000 second place […]
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Yeah great, let’s have a database where we collect some random data. Oh, and let’s also do this in East Africa where we only have 1000+ NGOs.
Srsly, as if a mobile app would change anything. Also, I am sick of seeing these things being field tested in East Africa all the time.
I’d love to have a reporting app (which would already be achieved via Frontline SMS or Ushahidi), but I’d also love to see much more action on the data use side. Reliable data that provides for tangible decisions.
Plus: who will guarantee that there is more to happen once the hackathon hype is gone? And who will pay devs in Europe to get to know about the equally poor face of public toilets in the EU?