On-Site Fecal Sludge Treatment with the Anaerobic Digestion Pasteurization Latrine.

ABSTRACT: The Anaerobic Digestion Pasteurization Latrine (ADPL) is a self-contained and energy neutral on-site sanitation system using anaerobic digestion of fecal sludge to generate biogas and then uses the biogas to pasteurize the digester effluent at 65-75°C to produce a safe effluent that can be reused locally as a fertilizer. Two ADPL systems were installed on residential plots with 17 and 35 residents in a peri-urban area outside of Eldoret, Kenya. Each system comprised three toilets built above a floating dome digester and one heat pasteurization system to sanitize the digested effluent. ADPLs are simple systems, with no moving parts and relying on gravity-induced flows. Adoption at the two sites was successful, and residents reported that the systems had little to no odor or flies. ADPLs wer

SUBMITTER: Forbis-Stokes AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134843 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature