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Low-cost Innovation in Water and Sanitation at a Local Level A set of creative and diverse research efforts towards meeting the water and sanitation needs of different areas of eThekwini Municipality. Chris Buckley University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban South Africa [email protected] ASSAf Leopoldina Technology Innovations for a Low Carbon Society Conference 8 – 9 October 2012

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Low-cost Innovation in Water and Sanitation at a

Local Level A set of creative and diverse research efforts towards meeting the water and sanitation needs of different areas of

eThekwini Municipality.

Chris Buckley University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban South Africa [email protected]

ASSAf Leopoldina Technology Innovations for a Low Carbon Society Conference 8 – 9 October

2012

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Durban to eThekwini Municipality

• old Metro – 1 366 km2

– population 2.5 mill • Unicity

– 2 297 km2

– population 3.5 mill

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Rural Durban

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Typical Rural Household

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But some are not so fortunate …

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… leading to open defecation

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Sewers Failing …

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and VIP toilets need emptying

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Informal settlements spring up overnight

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Cholera Cases (2000 – 2001)

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Composition of Excreta Indicator Units Wet Dry

faeces L/y.p 50 11

urine L/y.p 500 21

water borne L/d.p 20 to 250

nil

tons/y.p 18 0.03

nitrogen in urine % 88

phosphorous in urine

% 67

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Backdrop

• MDG targets • rigid discharge standards • increasing water stress • energy interruptions • poverty • sewage as a problem • internet communications

now

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Backdrop

• MDG targets • rigid discharge standards • increasing water stress • energy interruptions • poverty • sewage as a problem • internet communications

• sustainability targets • risk based approach • water conservation • high energy costs • food security • excreta as a resource • smart cities

now future

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Top Ten Reasons for Treating Sewage

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Top Ten Reasons for Treating Sewage

• public health • public health • public health • public health • public health

• public health • public health • public health • public health • public health

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Public Health for Suvival

• faeces contain pathogens • urine contains nutrients • eliminate contact between people and

excreta (pathogens) • piped systems faeces • treatment + pathogen reduction →

environment

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History of Western Excreta Management (1 - source)

• urbanisation and great plagues and fires • city-wide planning • disease theory – air borne vapours • dispersal in water removes disease

(vapours) • flushing toilets • combined sewers and storm water • diameter of sewer pipes

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History of Western Excreta Management (1 - source)

• urbanisation and great plagues and fires • city-wide planning • disease theory – air borne vapours • dispersal in water removes disease

(vapours) • flushing toilets • combined sewers and storm water • diameter of sewer pipes

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History of Western Excreta Management (2 - receiving body)

• water discharge to rivers • oxygen sag

– odours – anaerobic conditions – fish kills – NH3 (ammonia)

• COD (or BOD) removal – aeration • eutrophication

– nitrogen removal – phosphorous removal

• endocrine disrupting compounds – advanced oxidation, membranes, adsorbents – wetlands

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History of Western Excreta Management (2 - receiving body)

• water discharge to rivers • oxygen sag

– odours – anaerobic conditions – fish kills – NH3 (ammonia)

• COD (or BOD) removal – aeration • eutrophication

– nitrogen removal – phosphorous removal

• endocrine disrupting compounds – advanced oxidation, membranes, adsorbents – wetlands

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The historic method of wastewater treatment will become …..

Wastewater Treatment

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The historic method of wastewater treatment will become …..

history

Wastewater Treatment

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The historic method of wastewater treatment will become …..

history the challenges provided by meeting the

needs of developing countries will set the new standards

Wastewater Treatment

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Water Supply limited to capacity of plot

• free basic water – 300 L/d/household (was 200 L/d/hh) – delivered to formal houses (urban and rural) – informal areas standpipes around periphery

• rising block tariff – 3 blocks (free; > 9 kL/mth; > 30 kL/mth) – full pressure and low pressure systems

• full cost recovery for an efficient service • sanctions for water theft and non-payment

– strategies to create well behaved customers

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Development of a Sanitation Policy for Unserved

• urine diversion toilets in place of VIP latrines • water supply depends on evapotranspiration

area • community ablution blocks in informal

settlements • decentralised systems for isolated

communities • school sanitation support • trials using anaerobic systems and urban

agriculture

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Sanitation Backlog (2007)

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Rural Areas - UDDT

• dry on-site • free toilet • free basic water • two chambers • urine to soak-a-

way • householder

maintenance

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Rural Household

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UD toilet contents can be useful

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VIP Toilets peri urban and urban

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Even VIP Toilets Need Emptying

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Pit Emptying Tools

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Deep Row Entrenchment

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Latrine Dehydration and Pasteurisation (LaDePa)

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Interim Services for informal settlements

• communal ablution blocks • basic road network footpaths • electricity connections • standpipes • sustainable livelihoods

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Community Ablution Blocks external view

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Community Ablution Blocks internal view - female

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Smarter Design and Construction

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Informal Settlement

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Magabheni Pond Effluent

Durban, 30.11.2009 Sandra Hildbrand, Wolf Raber

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Newlands –Mashu DEWATS Plant technical evaluation plant

• development nodes remote from sewers • decentralised piped system • urine diversion pour flush / low flush toilets • anaerobic baffled reactor • anaerobic filter • constructed wetlands • immersed membranes • agricultural reuse

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Dewats Technical Evaluation Plant

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Horizontal Flow Planted Gravel Filter

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Vertical Flow Planted Gravel Filter

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Newlands –Mashu DEWATS Plant AMU Centre of Excellence

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Wastewater and Agriculture

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formal low-cost housing

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sanitation Programme

• USD 65 mill in 2013 • game changing initiatives • Reinvent The Toilet Challenge

– targeted to bottom 2.6 billion people • but applicable to the top of the pyramid

– off grid – produces potable water + fertiliser + energy – costs less than USD 0.05 /person/d

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right now on-site sanitation is one of the most exciting fields of technical development …

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Water is life

Sanitation is dignity

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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb