Ho, Dec. 22, - The Lahti
University of Applied Sciences in Finland, has re-introduced “Urine Dry Divert
Toilet”-(UDDT) system in the Volta Region as part of efforts at helping end
open defecation in the Region.
The NGO piloted the use of the
system a few years ago in some public schools and institutions and now stepping
it up to improve sanitation in the Region.
The system separates the urine
from the solid waste with the possibility of collecting and processing them for
agricultural use, Madam Charlotte Botchway, Environmental Health Officer, Ho
Municipal Assembly, said during a Regional launch in Ho aimed at promoting the technology
and ending open defecation.
She said the installation of the
facility did not require the digging of trenches and that it could be used
without water.
Madam Botchway said raw urine
contained nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and could be used to balance soil
acidity (PH) levels when stored for a while.
She said sawdust would be added
to the human waste to dry and eliminate the stench making it applicable as
fertilizer.
The Environmental Officer said
application of both the urine and the human waste as fertilizers on farms in
some rural areas had proved successful and encouraged farming communities to
patronize the system.
Madam Botchway said the
University was supporting the Ho Municipal Assembly to construct 80 UDDTs in 14
Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) implementing communities in the
Municipality beginning 2018.
Volta region has been ranked low
in the past three years on the District League Table, with sanitation being a
key indicator.
GNA
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