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Flush will be history
Chitra Vishwanath and her husband, S Vishwanath, are architects based in Bangalore who use their home on a 30x50 sq ft as their laboratory. The toilet in Vishwanaths' home is dry, it does not use...
View ArticleCompendium of sanitation systems and technologies
Investing in sanitation and hygiene is not only about saving human lives and dignity; it is the foundation for investing in human development, especially in poor urban and peri-urban areas.
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View ArticlePee proudly for healthy vegetables
There is one source of fertilizer that seems virtually recession proof and protective against soaring prices as well-and that is the fertilizer in human urine. Environment and Public Health...
View ArticleSanitation innovator and social reformer awarded 2009 Stockholm Water Prize
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of the Sulabh Sanitation Movement in India, has been named the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate.
View ArticlePeople do pay for latrines
Four decades ago, when Bindeshwar Pathak began his work on changing unsanitary latrine practices, there were sceptics galore. Today, Pathak
View ArticleMeet Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak: The 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
On August 20, 2009 during the World Water Week in Stockholm, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak will receive the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize for his lifelong dedication to improve public health, advance social...
View ArticleSulabh approach and solutions to water and sanitation - Inadequacies and...
2.6 billion people all over the world lack adequate toilets and hygiene facilities. Good sanitation ensures public health and contributes to economic development by preventing loss of human days caused...
View ArticleUnderstanding open defecation in rural India- Untouchability, pollution, and...
India has far higher open defecation rates than other developing regions where people are poorer, literacy rates are lower, and water is relatively more scarce. In practice, government programmes in rural
View ArticleOnly 26% of rural toilets use twin-leach pits, finds survey
Under the twin-pit system, two pits are dug with honeycombed walls and earthen floors which allow liquid to percolate into the surrounding soil Waste disposal from other toilets could turn into health
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