Simplicity - The key to sanitation sustainability

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This technology can be implemented where a wastewater treatment system is most needed. It can be operated and maintained by the community in which it is deployed as minimal skill is required for system operation and maintenance. The system can further and most importantly be retrofitted to support pre-existing overburdened and under-performing technologies improving their efficiency and reliability. Land is not limiting in South Africa and in most parts of Africa thus this technology can easily be implemented and sustainably deployed. The technology can further be retrofitted to suit the type and quantity of wastewater requiring remediation. With simple amendments to the components of the system, it can easily generate methane gas for heating and cooking and, when passed through a generator, generate electricity. Thus, this system can operate off the electrical grid, while generating an effluent stream suitable for irrigation in agriculture and cattle rearing.

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