Sustainable Sanitationdefinition And Technical Principles
Foreword
The goal of this paper is to present a general overview of the meaning and scope of the Sustainable Sanitation principle as an assignment for the module "Ecological Sanitation" of the Environmental Technology studies program. For this purpose we will start defining some related keywords to the subject and then we will introduce the whole concept, its scope and at the end we will list some aspects of the current sanitation systems and finish with our personal conclusion.
Definitions
What is sanitation?
A comprehensive term referring to the development and application of measures designed to protect public health. Sanitation procedures attempt to prevent the spread of disease through the proper disposal of sewage and other waste, correct handling of food and water supplies, and control of the carriers of disease (mosquitoes, rats, etc.). [http://bfa.sdsu.edu/ehs/glossary.htm]
What is sustainability?
The term originally applied to natural resource situations, where the long term was the focus. It has been lately used to describe the precept of making possible today's living society without destroying the future generations and without endangering the natural resources. Today, it applies to many disciplines, including economic development, environment, food production, energy, and lifestyle. Basically, sustainability refers to doing something with the long term in mind, (several hundred years is sufficient). Today's decisions are made with a consideration of sustaining our activities into the long-term future. [http://ag.arizona.edu /glossary.html]
Sustainability's principle meets the "RE-" words like recycling, reuse, recover, refine, reproduce, rethink, etc. and aims closing all the cycles of organic flows.
Wastewater definitions
Black water Water coming from the flush toilets with mixed urine and feaces (high nutrient content)
Brown water...
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