Sanitation Technologies
Looking at types of toilet from the basic pit latrine to more sophisticated approaches.
General Resources
A Practical Guide For Building A Simple Pit Latrine
A step by step guide to the construction and use of a simple toilet.
A Practical Guide for Building Simple Pit Latrines - Guide Pratique pour la Construction de Latrine à Simple Fosse
A step by step guide to the construction and use of a simple toilet.
Build Your Own Tippy Tap
A simple device for washing your hands after going to the toilet.
Build Your Own Tippy Tap - Arme Su Propio Tippy Tap
Un dispositivo simple para el lavado de manos después de ir al baño.
Build Your Own Tippy Tap - तुमचा टीप टीप नळ स्वतः बनवा
A simple device for washing your hands after going to the toilet.
Build Your Own Tippy Tap - अपना टीप टीप नल खुद बनाएँ
A simple device for washing your hands after going to the toilet.
Build Your Own Tippy Tap - Bou Jou Eie Kentelkraan
A simple device for washing your hands after going to the toilet.
Build Your Own Tippy Tap - Construir Sua Própria Tippy Tap
A simple device for washing your hands after going to the toilet.
Build Your Own Tippy Tap - Manuel de Construction d'un Tippy Tap
A simple device for washing your hands after going to the toilet.
Building Toilets in Nepal
Raising awareness of health and hygiene through the use of a video produced by Ankhi Jhyal and building toilets.
Collapsing Latrine Pits
A short summary of the options to prevent your latrine pit from collapsing.
Collapsing Latrine Pits - Effondrement des Latrines à Fosse
Résumé succinct des solutions offertes pour prévenir l’effondrement de votre latrine a fosse.
Compost Toilets
This technical brief describes a compost toilet that has proved to be most effective in water-logged areas where...
Ecological Sanitation: a concept
Ecological sanitation ('ecosan') is the reuse of human excrement, which contains the nutrients required to fertilise...
Pit Emptying Systems
This technical brief describes the main systems used for emptying on-site sanitation facilities, whilst highlighting...
Reuse of Faeces and Urine
This brief follows on from Ecological Sanitation: a concept. It describes methods of managing waste faeces and urine.
Training Manual for Eco-Toilet Construction
A manual covering the different designs of eco san toilet from Bangladesh.
Types of toilet and their suitability
This Technical Brief outlines different types of toilets, and highlights some advantages and disadvantages which...
Using Biogas Technology to Solve Pit Latrine Waste Disposal
Technical brief that looks at the option of using biogas units to reduce the waste produced by standard pit latrines.
Utilisation de la Technologie du Biogaz pour Resoudre les Problemes D’elimination des Dechets des Latrines a Fosse
Utilisation de la Technologie du Biogaz pour Resoudre les Problemes D’elimination des Dechets des Latrines a Fosse.
Other resources
Ecological Sanitation in Bangladesh
http://ecosanbd.org/
This site is based on the project work of Practical Action, Bangladesh which started piloting eco-sanitation in 2006 with the aim of addressing the gaps in sanitation coverage.