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This book, the result of contributions by both academics and practitioners who attended the International Conference on Low-cost Sewerage held at the University of Leeds, England, in July 1995, provides a valuable exchange of ideas and experience to enhan

TitleLow-cost sewerage
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1996
AuthorsMara, DD
Paginationxii, 225 p. : fig., tab.
Date Published1996-01-01
PublisherWiley
Place PublishedChichester, UK
ISBN Number0471966916
Keywordsappropriate technology, botswana, cab97/1, case studies, colombia, community participation, design, ghana, gravity sewers, greece, india, low flush toilets, low-income communities, nigeria, operation, pakistan, research, settled sewerage, simplified sewerage, storm drainage, usa, zambia
Abstract

This book, the result of contributions by both academics and practitioners who attended the International Conference on Low-cost Sewerage held at the University of Leeds, England, in July 1995, provides a valuable exchange of ideas and experience to enhance the opportunity for greater provision of appropriate, safe and sustainable sanitation to as wide an urban population as possible. As a result of the currently very rapid urban population growth, the demand for sewerage exceeds the resources of most high-density urban areas in developing countries. Low-cost alternatives to conventional sewerage need to be developed and in this book such low-cost sewerage technologies are described and their applications in both developed and developing countries are detailed. The subjects discussed include: simplified sewerage, especially its in-block variant now generally called condominial sewerage, along with guidelines for its design; settled sewerage; a mechanism for objectively selecting the order in which communities should be provided with sewerage; a description of four sewerage projects in Pakistan and two in India, some conventional, some using interceptor tanks on house connections; an operational manual for a new simplified sewerage scheme in Ghana; a shallow sewerage system suitable for a small rural community in Greece; small diameter gravity sewers in the United States; solids-free sewage in Colombia; water conservation through the use of low-volume flush toilets; and surface water drainage in the city of Indore, India. It is hoped that through the dissemination of the current state of knowledge about low-cost sewerage this valuable technology will be accepted as one of the tools available to solve the pressing problems of urban and peri-urban sanitation in developing countries.

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