Three years ago, residents of coastal and upland villages in San Fernando City polluted their drinking water with their own excreta. Today, they take pains to practice safe hygiene and sanitation. An innocent looking dry toilet (UDDT – urine-diverting dehydration toilet) and an untiring city mayor propelled this shift through a 2-town ecological sanitation pilot project that has evolved into a citywide movement. Can the city carry the momentum forward to the entire province and neighboring towns?
Read more: ADB, Mar 2008
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victoria // November 16, 2008 at 11:19 am |
how to get eco-toilet facilities?
dietvorst // November 17, 2008 at 10:22 am |
For more info ecosan toilets in the Philippines take a look at: http://www.ecosan.ph/, the web site of the Philippine Ecosan Network
See also the WASH help desk posting on ecosan toilet designs for links to relevant publications and web sites
http://washhelpdesk.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/ecosan-toilet-designs/
Cor Dietvorst, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre