Effect of modified waste introduction methods over short-term and long-term use of onsite sanitation systems.

ABSTRACT: Insufficiently treated wastes contained within onsite sanitation systems (OSS) commonly used by disadvantaged and developing communities contribute to public and environmental health concerns, calling for practical alternative solutions. At the basic level, an improved understanding of the evolution of chemical and physical constituents under different waste introduction methods and for short-term and long-term operation is needed. While receiving non-dilute waste under mixed, unmixed, toilet paper exclusion, and urine diversion (UD) regimes, self-flushing OSS simulated using anaerobic digesters (ADs) were compared during three operational stages: (1) 0-1 month service for unsheltered encampments; (2) 1-3 month disaster relief scenario; and (3) ≥ 3 months representing refugee camps and lon

SUBMITTER: Astete Vasquez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10212933 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature