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Towards sustainable sanitation management: Establishing the costs and willingness to pay for emptying and transporting sludge in rural districts with high rates of access to latrines.

Soumya BalasubramanyaBarbara E EvansRichard HardyRizwan AhmedAhasan HabibN S M AsadMominur RahmanM HasanDigbijoy DeyLouise FletcherMiller Alonso Camargo-ValeroKrishna Chaitanya RaoSudarshana Fernando
Published in: PloS one (2017)
This is one of few research papers that brings the costs of waste management together with financing of that cost, to provide evidence for an implementable solution. This framework can be used to identify cost effective sludge management options and private contributions towards that cost in other (context-specific) administrative areas where onsite sanitation is widespread.
Keyphrases
  • microbial community
  • wastewater treatment
  • drinking water
  • healthcare
  • health insurance
  • south africa
  • municipal solid waste
  • risk assessment