By El Porvenir Posted on Sat 08 Aug 2009, almost 17 years ago

Seeing the pictures is helpful to know what these will look like, but are these completed? Is there no seat to the toilet?

By Ekoventure Posted on Mon 10 Aug 2009, almost 17 years ago

Dear Jenna Saldana,

The ECOSAN toilets are Indian and are not of western type.
We have uploaded a pdf file (in the application) with pictures taken 2 days back from our earlier project where we have constructed 62 toliets.

regards

Pushpalatha

Comment and query

By Project Well Posted on Sun 02 Aug 2009, almost 17 years ago

Faster the communities and farmers accept the idea of the use of feces as manure better for all. Require rapid action in building public awareness, in both, rural and urban areas. With change in the design with raised platforms (like commodes) on either side of a bidet, for washing and urinating would be ideal. It would be costlier than traditional toilets but we all need to correct our priorities for health and environment. Manufactures need to start producing and promoting them. Anything that is used by city people will be faster adopted by villagers.

Pictures of a few ecosan toilets that are in operation would be great to see how easy they can be maintained with minimum care. What would be the annual cost of maintenance?

If there was no fowl smell in excreta there would not have been any problem with handling feces, Removing the cover before every use would be repelling. Is anything being used in the toilet for the smell or ash takes care of it? If so, this information should be highlighted that there is minimum smell in such toilets. What kind of ash is used, wood or cowdung, or both?

Thank you. All the best.

Comment and query

By Ekoventure Posted on Sun 02 Aug 2009, almost 17 years ago

Dear Hira-Smith,

Thanks for your queries.

It is sure that it requires rapid action in building public awareness about the ECOSAN toilets. It took us nearly 4 months in our earlier project (Green Post Tsunami Action) to convince and select 62 beneficiaries. We conducted a series of awareness meetings, projected video films, organised exposure visits for 300 women and men to the existing ECOSAN toilets in use, to finalise 62 beneficiaries. In the present project area, we have conducted awareness meetings and projected video films to the women SHG members in their monthly meetings. Hence, we feel that it would be organising an exposure visit to ECOSAN toilets at Trichy would finally convince the women in taking up the construction of ECOSAN toilets.

We will upload some of the ECOSAN toilets that are in use in the project application.

Ash of either wood or cowdung is used. Properly maintained toilets doesn't need anything extra to be void of smell. Ash takes care of it.

We tried with Effective Microorganism (E.M) in some households and the results are encouraging. We supplied Bokashi (meaning: Fermented food) - Sawdust fermented with Effective Microorganism to the households.

E.M is a mixture of beneficial microorganisms used in the fields of Hugiene, Solid waste management, composting, treatment of wastewater, bioremediation of polluted water bodies and soils. For further info: please contact www.mapleorgtech.com

regards
Pushpalatha

Comment and query

By Project Well Posted on Mon 03 Aug 2009, almost 17 years ago

Hello Pushpalatha,
Cool! informative. Thanks. Wish it was that easy to implement and we, who work in the field, know how hard it is. Love your method of approach by showing video films. Why don't all the TV channels in the world run one minute adds on promoting such important issues I wonder as they run the adds for drinks and burgers, that cause more health problems instead of preventing. Best Wishes. Meera