The government of Bangladesh is increasingly paying attention to the safe collection and disposal of fecal sludge from pit latrines in rural areas. In this paper, we report on current sludge disposal practices from single-pit latrines, by conducting a survey of 1,091 households with pit latrines ...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Evans, E.
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Ahmed, R.
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Habib, A.
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Asad, N.S.M.
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Rahman, M.
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Hasan, M.
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Dey, D.
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Camargo-Valero, M.A.
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Rao, Krishna Chaitanya
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Fernando, Sudarshana
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[Take it away: the need for designing fecal sludge disposal services for single-pit latrines]
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Take it away: the need for designing fecal sludge disposal services for single-pit latrines
Motivation: Proper management of fecal sludge has significant positive health and environmental externalities. Most research on managing onsite sanitation so far either simulates the costs of, or the welfare effects from, managing sludge in situ in pit latrines. Thus, designing management strateg...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Evans, B.
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Hardy, R.
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Ahmed, R.
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Habib, A.
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Asad, N.S.M.
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Rahman, M.
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Hasan, H.
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Dey, D.
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Fletcher, J.
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Camargo-Valero, M.A.
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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]
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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
Safe emptying and disposal of fecal sludge from pit latrines in rural areas has become a priority for the Government of Bangladesh. In this paper, we calculate the volume and characterize the hazards of managing sludge to identify technologies for safely emptying rural single pits. In Bhaluka sub...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Evans, B.
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Ahmed, R.
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Habib, A.
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Asad, N.S.M.
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Vuong, L.
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Rahman, M.
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Hasan, M.
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Dey, D.
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Camargo-Valero, M.A.
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[Pump it up: making single-pit emptying safer in rural Bangladesh]
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Pump it up: making single-pit emptying safer in rural Bangladesh