Breve descrição da melhor prática

Knowledge building and providing assistance for building, usage and maintenance of waterless toilets with separation of usine and feces, and exclusion of any contact of the human and animal waste with ground or surface water bodies. The safely treated biological waste is safely reused in small scale family agriculture in their own yards.|

Localização

Stara Zagora municipality, Bulgaria|

Estimativa da população que vive no local:

24000.0

Breve descrição do ambiente natural dentro do local especificado.

Heavy soil originated on Quaternear bogs in the lowest part of the terrain
620 mm av annual rainfall, 12.3*C av annual temperature; 24*C av temperature of the hottest month|
Flat, 150 m above dea level|

Condições socioeconômicas prevalecentes das pessoas que vivem no local e/ou nas proximidades

Aged retired Bulgarian families; jobless Roma families
Retirement paymen'; social support payment
Households own the land under their houses and the yards.

Com base em quais critérios e/ou indicadores (não relacionados com a Estratégia) a prática proposta e a tecnologia correspondente foram considerados como "melhores"?

This technology prevents pollution of ground and surface water from human and animal biological waste; it saves significant amount of water with drinking water quality from being wasted by flushing this water into the toilets.

Principais problemas abordados pelas melhores práticas

Pollution of ground and surface water; water borne diseases; decreased annual rainfall; increased annual temperature; unwise use of scarce water resources.

Esboçar problemas específicos de degradação do solo abordados pelas melhores práticas

Safely treated biological waste (by composting, vermicomposting or appropriate storage) is used to improve soil fertility and strive erosion of degradated crop lands due to overusage.|

Especificar os objetivos das melhores práticas

Prevention of waste of water of highest quality by flushing it in the toilets; prevention of water pollution by biological waste; prevention of water-borne diseases; creation of better livelihoods consuming less water resources.

Breve descrição das principais atividades, por objetivo

Scarcity of water is fundamental reason for water-borne diseases; it is also a reason for worse hygienic practices. By saving water of high quality from wasting and preventing water pollution, we improve health conditions to people.|
Storage of biological waste in way that it never gets in contact with ground or surface water bodies; safe treatment and safe application in agriculture.
Promotion of waterless ecosan toilets with separate collection of urine and feces; separate treatment and re-use in agriculture.
Training of population, youth, experts for construction and maintenance of the constructed toilets, filters and wetlands is crucial for the sustainability of the projects.|

Breve descrição e especificações técnicas da tecnologia

Waterless toilets are toilets that does not use water for flushing, but use absorbent (saw dust, ash, etc.) to cover the fresh feces. Urine and feces are stored and treated separately to the level of sterilization. Then used in agriculture as natural fertilizer (urine) and soil conditioner (composted feces). The final step is to apply these treated products in crop land.|
The technology is based on separation and separate treatment and reuse of urine and feces; waterless urinals; reuse for agriculture; composting.

Nome e endereço da instituição que desenvolve a tecnologia

Earth Forever Foundation|77a, Kiril i Metody, apt. 27; Stara Zagora
6000 Bulgaria|Tehnical university|Hamburg, Germany

A tecnologia foi desenvolvida em parceria?

Sim

Liste os parceiros:

Technical University Hamburg

Especificar a estrutura dentro da qual a tecnologia foi promovida

• Iniciativa Internacional
• Programa/iniciativa baseada em projetos

Especifique:

No other

A participação das partes interessadas locais, incluindo as OSCs, foi fomentada no desenvolvimento da tecnologia?

Sim

Lista das partes interessadas locais envolvidas:

NGOs, local authorities, women, youth, university students, media.|

Para os participantes listados acima, especifique seu papel no projeto, início, uso e manutenção da tecnologia, se houver.

Hamburg technical university trained earth in the design and maintenance of the technology.

A população que vive no local e/ou nas proximidades estava envolvida no desenvolvimento da tecnologia?

Sim

Por meio de quê?

• Abordagens participativas

Especifique:

No other

Descreva os impactos no local (os dois principais impactos por categoria)

Prevention of water borne diseases.
Decreases the dependency from the market for food and from monololists for providing sewarage services and wastewater treatment.
Changed attitude to resource consumption and environmental protection.
Prevention of pollution of water resources; prevention of waste of water with high quality.
Prevention of waste of water resources.
Improved hygiene conditions and health, as well as confort of living of the population.|
Increased agricultural production
Increased soil fertility and productivity of people property.

Descreva os dois principais impactos fora do local (isto é, não ocorrendo no local, mas nas áreas circunvizinhas)

Less consumption of water offers better potential for the downstream users to meet their needs.
Prevention of pollution of water resources offers better potential for the downstream users to have access to water of higher quality and prevents water-borne diseases.

Impacto sobre a biodiversidade e a mudança climática

Explique as razões:

Prevention of biological pollution of water resources and decreased water consumption for household needs is very beneficial for biodiversity in and around water bosies; it prevents pollution with phosphorous and nitrification of natural waters.
Wastewater treatment facilities in their conventional technologies are a large source of pollution with greenhouse gasses; the proposed technology eliminates greenhouse production in the process of storage, treatment and use of metabolitic human and animal wastes.|
In the area we apply the technology all climate change models emphasis on increased water scarcity: the techlogy we promote does not use water; it saves water of highest drinking quality; it prevents pollution of natural water bodies.

Foi realizada uma análise de custo-benefício?

Foi realizada uma análise de custo-benefício?

Sim

Especifique:

The promoted technology is safer and less expensive in all its stages: construction, operation, treatment. It also has additional benefits to water rresources as a whole; biodiversity; increased soil fertility. The technology is affordable also for poorest communities and poorest households.|

A tecnologia foi disseminada/introduzida para outros locais?

A tecnologia foi disseminada/introduzida para outros locais?

Sim

Onde?

Stara Zagora Municipality|Chirpan Municipality

Foram fornecidos incentivos para facilitar a adoção da tecnologia?

Foram fornecidos incentivos para facilitar a adoção da tecnologia?

Sim

Você pode identificar as três principais condições que levaram ao sucesso das melhores práticas/tecnologias apresentadas?

The technology guarantees healthy style of living in conditions of reduced availability of water resources and increased desertification.
Highly motivated local governments (b). This technology gives the chance to the smallest and poorest communities to improve dramatically their livelihoods without dependency on higher political levels and national budgets.
The technology meets the demand of increased hygienic conditions. The proposed sustainable sanitation is affordable for the poorest and most remote communities as well.

Replicabilidade

Na sua opinião, a melhor prática/tecnologia que você propôs pode ser replicada, embora com algum nível de adaptação, em outro lugar?

Sim

Em que nível?

• Local
• Sub-nacional
• Nacional
• Sub-regional
• Regional
• Internacional

Relacionado a recursos humanos

There is no experts trained in sustainable sanitation to open chance for scaling-up; the engineers are not trained in sustainable sanitation technologies.

Relacionado aos aspectos financeiros

There are no targeted financial mechanisms in the country to encourage application of alternative sustainable sanitation technologies.

Relacionado a aspectos técnicos

Sustainable sanitation does not follow the pattern one size fits all; there is broad variety of technologies that will best fit any specific demand or environment.