Poor villages will get innovative, water-less toilets for hygiene and to reduce pollution.

Environment > Provide the World's Poor With Safe Sanitation

Provide the World's Poor With Safe Sanitation

Summary

The Enviro Loo is a dry sanitation system made in South Africa, exported internationally. 3 billion people do not have access to fresh water and sanitation. Funding will mass-produce the system.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $115 was raised for this project.

Received $115 from 6 donations from people like:

Kristin

John

(Anon.)

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The entire world needs a new innovative, hygienic and functional sanitation system that does not pollute the environment. It must satisfy the dignity of the users. It must require minimal operational and maintenance expenses. The traditional waterborne systems cannot meet this specification. Mankind can no longer afford the luxury of using drinking water to transport human body waste to a place of treatment.

Activities

The unit can be installed by the local population and maintained by the community. It does not use water or chemicals, and treats human waste with non-harmful bacteria. It gains power from the sun and the wind.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $115

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $115. The original project funding goal was $440,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Early research showed that sewage effluent pollutes the Earth’s groundwater supplies, rivers and lakes. I developed a sanitation system that does not use water and, if used correctly, does not contaminate the local water supply.

Project Message

“All men are created equal, some are just richer than others. Just because people are poor does not mean they lack dignity.”
- Dr Brian La Trobe, Tech Award Winner, 2005 Environment Category