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Introduction:
Sanitation may be defined as the science and practice of effecting healthful and hygienic conditions and involve the study and use of all sorts of hygienic measures.
The word sanitation actually refers to all conditions that affect health.
Sanitation Systems
Sanitation system with respect to human waste management involves following functions.
01. Excretion and storage. 02. Collection and transportation
HYGIENIC LATRINE
A hygienic latrine is defined as a sanitation facility the use of which effectively breaks the cycle of disease transmission.
A hygienic latrine would mean to include all of the following: 1. Confinement of feces, 2. Sealing of the passage between the squat hole and the pit to effectively block the pathways for flies and other insect vectors thereby breaking the cycle of disease transmission, and 3. Venting out of foul gases generated in the pit through a properly positioned vent pipe to keep the latrine odor free and encourage continual use of the hygienic latrine.
FOOD
MOUTH
Pit Latrines:
A pit is simply a hole in the ground into which excreta falls. Urine and other liquids soak into the ground and solid materials are retained and decomposed in the pit. All forms of pit latrines are not fully sanitary. With slight modifications in design and with some interventions, conventional pit latrines could be improved to be hygienic.
The major types of pit latrines include: Simple or Home-made Pit Latrines Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) Latrine Reed Odourless Earth Closet (ROEC)
The simplest home-made latrine is built by digging a small hole and placing a bamboo platform on it One can use a concrete squatting slab and a ring for an improved version
Ground level
This option, though not fully sanitary is sometimes promoted to discourage open defecation
Pit Earth
Accumulated solids
Infiltration of liquid
Superstruc ture
Pit lining Pit Water Sealed Trap Earth Pit Accumulated solids Accumulated solids Solids accumulati on
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Liquid infiltration
Direct Pit
Offset Pit
04. A VIP latrine is an improvement over the simple pit latrine. The most important design variation in VIP latrine is the inclusion of the vent pipe and the fly-screen, which keep the latrine free from flies, mosquito, and unpleasant odors.
Air
Chute
Emptying of Pits
When the contents of the pit reach the level of 0.5 m below the slab, there are two options: construction of a new pit on an adjacent site, or emptying the existing pit. Manual Emptying: involves serious health hazard. Mechanical Emptying: easier if the pit contents are wet.
the water seal must be maintained at all times in order to effectively control odour and insects, flow must be diverted to the second pit when the first pit is full, the pit when full must be kept covered for at least one and a half year for risk free manual emptying, and that pour flush system may be upgraded to a septic tank system with a soakaway or connected to a small bore sewerage system where available.
Squatting pan and the trap have to be checked regularly for cracks. In case of twin leach pits, the diversion box should be checked for blockage and cleaned if necessary. Single pits have to be abandoned and covered with 0.5 m soil when full, or emptied by mechanical means. In twin pit system, the user should regularly monitor the level of contents of the pit. If one pit is full, the other pit has to be emptied and made ready for use. The pipe leading to the full pit must be sealed within the diversion box, and the flow diverted to the empty pit.
DRY AREAS
In dry areas (depth of WT 7 m or more), the least costly solution can be simple pit latrines with or without water seal. Here chance of groundwater pollution is minimum Single-ring or Multiple-ring pit latrines can be used in dry areas
When multiple rings are used, gaps are provided between rings (with brick blocks); but this may cause stability problem Perforated rings or honeycomb brick walls are most appropriate for better infiltration of liquid
One method of sanitation in swamps is to lower concrete rings below the bottom of the water body; has the disadvantage of filling up of the pit too soon.
Class Test: 04
13 th Week, 23.11.08,
02. What are the catchment areas in a building from where we can collect rainwater. 4
03. What are the technolgies that are adopted for using rainwater for various purposes. 4
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