Community Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Facilities and Associated Hygiene Promotion
Aengus Ryan
Factsheet, English, 5 pages
Summary
39 community water and sanitation facilities were built in 39 communities in Nagari Sicincin. Construction was done by contractors. Each building has toilets (22 of them have four toilets and 17 have two), washing (bathing) facilities, clothes washing areas, running water, water storage reservoirs, shallow wells, electric pumps, dual-chamber septic tanks and constructed wetlands for secondary treatment of wastewater. A program of hygiene promotion was also implemented, and WASH committees were established in each community and trained in operation and maintenance of the new facilities.
Publication Year
2011
Topic
WES references | Water supply | Sanitation