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Approaching community-level greywater managementin non-sewered settlements in South Africa
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by Kirsty Carden, Kevin Winter, A. Spiegel, N. ArmitageThis study investigates sustainable options for community-level management of greywater in low-income
settlements without on-site waterborne sanitation in South Africa. As a consequence of the limited resource
base of both the local authorities and the inhabitants of the settlements, these options need to be inexpensive,
technologically simple and socially acceptable. A variety of social and technological options are thus being
implemented in collaboration with the inhabitants and the local authorities, and their efficacy evaluated.
The hypothesis is that involving the inhabitants in the development of solutions is likely to be more effective
in the management of greywater in these settlements than the traditional approach where the local authorities
provide rudimentary engineered services after minimal consultation. Following an initial scoping study
that covered six of the nine provinces of South Africa, four settlements in the Western Cape Province were
selected for a second, more detailed study. The study employs the Participatory Action Research (PAR)
method which emphasises participation, collaboration and consensual decision-making with the goal of
ensuring long term sustainability of social and technological interventions.
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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CARDEN, K. ... et al, 2008. Approaching community-level greywater managementin non-sewered settlements in South Africa. IN: Jones, H. (ed). Access to sanitation and safe water - Global partnerships and local actions: Proceedings of the 33rd WEDC International Conference, Accra, Ghana, 7-11 April 2008, pp. 150-153.Publisher
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