Illustrated training booklet with step-by-step instructions for teams emptying onsite urine diverting dry toilet vaults. The principles can also be applied to emptying of other onsite sanitation…

This study investigated the application of the deep row entrenchment method under South Africanconditions with the aim of establishing whether the use of pit latrine and wastewater sludges as…

The goal of Water Research Commission project K5/1745 was to investigate existing managementpractices with regard to VIP toilets, identify challenges and lacks and develop strategies and tools…

This report is the second volume in the series Tackling the challenges of full pit latrineswhich addresses this issue. The other volumes in the series are: • Volume 1: Understanding sludge…

This report presents the design, development and testing of a number of prototypes of portable pitemptying technologies that were developed as part of Water Research Commission research…

A presentation which shows the results of faecal sludge from eThekwini Municipality for use in agroforestry.

Presentation of the mass balance and accumulation of sludge in pit latrines and septic tanks.

A presentation about the science of Sludge decomposition.

Presentation about work of developing pit emptying devices, carried out by PID and Engineers Without Borders.

Local government has not yet developed an effective response to the problem of management of pit latrine waste. Practical and economical solutions must be found. This paper describes an appropriate…