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Bio Latrines in Kenyan Slums

flow from the first world to the third world nations, though recently I have begun to think that we in the first world might learn a lot from the careful study of how technology is applied to problems in the third world. One such application are these Bio-fuel producing latrines as a solution to sanitation in the Kenyan Slums. The cost of establishing working toilets as we are used to in the west, with a septic tank and leech bed is far too expensive for the Kenyan Slums. As a response to his high cost they have designed a

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….This process actually is quite difficult, as most of these sustainable concepts require a certain level of ownership among its users, and, most importantly, some time and enough space to develope. Remember: Kibera is a crowded area. Just think of the Biogas latrine in Kibera we recently mentioned over at Afrigadget – I was told that the digestion tanks are too small, so the digested biomass comes out half “raw” – and is just disposed of into the next river. Obviously, while energy is generated out of the biomass, there….

[...] Bio Latrines in Kenyan Slums   [...]

[...] Afrigadget has some excellent photos of a novel design for a latrine in the Nairobi Kibera neighborhood. Kibera is a huge neighborhood, home to approximately 500,000 residents, very few of whom have access to running water or sanitary facilities in their homes. Some Kibera residents live close enough to pit latrines to use these facilities – others are forced to rely on the less sanguine system of “flying toilets” (i.e., putting human waste into a plastic bag and throwing it as far from your house as you can) because of the cost of latrines or the danger of walking the neighborhood at night. [...]

[...] Bio-Latrines Wanzala Bahati Justus reports on Bio-Latrines in Kibera Kenya:The bio-latrine uses the technology of anaerobic or airless digestion to transform human waste into fertilizer and gas suitable for uses like cooking, heating and lighting,” said Malcolm Ormiston, a Nairobi-based engineer and owner of Globology Limited.Consequently, the community is able to properly dispose human waste and at the same time reduce pollution and environmental degradation.Ormiston said that the bio-latrine uses standard biogas-system designs commonly found in Asian countries such as China, India and Vietnam. But the marked difference between biogas digesters and bio-latrines is that latrines use human waste instead of animal waste.The toilet facility and digesters are constructed using conventional building materials and require little maintenance.The systems are scaleable and can thus cater for various sizes of populations, ranging from small settlements to large institutions.“They are ideal for both urban and rural schools and health centers where cooking energy is required,” said Ormistonvia AfriGadgetBioLatrines in Tanzania(PDF)gas stove photo, courtesy of kai ross’s flickrstream [...]

[...] Afrigadget has some excellent photos of a novel design for a latrine in the Nairobi Kibera neighborhood. Kibera is a huge neighborhood, home to approximately 500,000 residents, very few of whom have access to running water or sanitary facilities in their homes. Some Kibera residents live close enough to pit latrines to use these facilities – others are forced to rely on the less sanguine system of “flying toilets” (i.e., putting human waste into a plastic bag and throwing it as far from your house as you can) because of the cost of latrines or the danger of walking the neighborhood at night. [...]

Excellent – I’ve been looking for info on biodigesters using human waste. It’s such a huge resource that should be treated as an opportunity, not as a problem.

I’d love to know more so I can add it to the resource at Appropedia – or even better, have the people involved in it add it directly to Appropedia’s sanitation page (or make a new page).

How is this design for cost-effectiveness? Is it subsidized? Whose initiative was it?

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[...] plumbing the depths of water and energy is this story of bio-latrines in Kenyan slums. I love the AfriGadget blog and link to the story there. But scroll [...]

Biogas latrines are nice, but pls also have a look at this PDF I received through the ecosan mailing list the other day:

Toilets That Make Compost:
Low-cost, sanitary toilets that produce valuable compost for crops in an
African context

By Peter Morgan, Aquamor, Harare, Zimbabwe

To download a copy (NB 114 pages, 6.5 MB)

http://www.ecosanres.org/toilets_that_make_compost.htm

[...] don’t forget to lift the seat for the Wiener process.” Seriously, it’s already possible to get energy from human waste products [afrigadget.com], as shown by these resourceful people in Kenya. No piezoelectric generators [...]

I want to build biogas digester at home , in order to build the digester, i need to have the drawing. If you have the drawing of old model type digester, I
really apriceate.

The Kenyan Newspaper “The Standard” today mentioned this Biogas latrine in Kibera in an interesting article.

While it certainly is an improvement, the system still isn’t 100% sustainable as there’s no real concept for the digested sludge.

Oh, and pls make sure to check out this interesting video on the Biogas latrine!

[...] that there was a pilot program to install a toilet that generated methane in a slum. (see here and pics here) The methane was to be used for heating. It was a great idea, but what apparently happened was that [...]

this are real and practical solutions any one out who explain to all t is required in the setting of bio-gas generator.plse contact me on this email add:-alfkamarey@hotmail.com thanks.

this are real and practical solutions any one out who explain to me all that is required in the setting of bio-gas generator.plse contact me on this email add:-alfkamarey@hotmail.com thanks.

this are real and practical solutions any one out there who explain to me all that is required in the setting of bio-gas generator.plse contact me on this email add:-alfkamarey@hotmail.com thanks.

[...] suitable for populations in small scale settlements and large institutions. Afrigadget has pictures.Denver is trying out an interesting approach to helping the homeless:The city of Denver has [...]

Any one in East and central Africa who wants an industrial Bio gas plant contact me-Design,supply and fix.

[...] from the latrines: can be used for engines, light and cooking.here is an example of the projects http://www.afrigadget.com/2007/03/01/bio-latrines-in-kenyan-slums/here is another example with basic [...]

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Instresting but yours see the work in Bolivia, with de Latrines to 4000 up the sea, and use to cooking biogas, and see this web site.

http://www.tecnologiasendesarrollo.org

Josua