User perceptions of urine diversion dehydration toilets: Experiences from a cross-sectional study in eThekwini municipality

Water SA

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 305-311

  Roma, E ^a,b   Philp, K ^b   Buckley, C ^b   Xulu, S ^c   Scott, D ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c EThekwini Municipality   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Sanitation; South Africa; Urine diversion toilets; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY; PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES; SOUTH AFRICA; URINE DIVERSION TOILETS; USER SATISFACTION;

DEHYDRATION; SANITATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BODY FLUIDS;

DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EXCRETION; INSTALLATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SANITATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URINE;

DURBAN; ETHEKWINI; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84878651634     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v39i2.15     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Austin LM and Van Vuuren SJ (2001) Sanitation, public health and the environment: looking beyond the current technologies. J. S. Afr. Inst. Civ. Eng. 43 (1) 29-33.
2. Chaplin S (2004) Cities, sewers and poverty: India's politics of sanitation. Environ. Urban. 11 (1) 145-158.
3. Daly HE and Farley J (2004) Ecological Economics. Principles and Applications. Island Press, Washington.+
4. Drangert JO (1998) Fighting the urine blindness to provide more sanitation options. Water SA 24 (2) 157-164.
5. Drangert JO (2004) Norms and Attitudes Towards EcoSan and Other Sanitation Systems. EcoSanRes Publication Series, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden.
6. Duncker LC, Matsebe GN and Moilwa N (2007) The Social/ Cultural Acceptability of using Human Excreta (Faeces and Urine) for Food Production in Rural Settlements in South Africa. WRC Report No. TT 310/07. Water Research Commission, Pretoria.
7. DWAF (DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY, SOUTH AFRICA) (2001) White Paper on Basic Household Sanitation. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa. URL: http://www.dwaf.gov.za/dir_ws/waterpolicy/vdFileLoad/file.asp?ID=78 (Accessed 23 December 2012).
8. DWAF (DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY, SOUTH AFRICA) (2003) Strategic Framework for Water Services: Water is Life, Sanitation is Dignity. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Cape Town, South Africa. URL: http://www.wisa.org.za/downloads/Strategic_framwork_for_water_services2003.pdf (Accessed 23 December 2012).
9. Eales K (2008) Rethinking sanitation improvement for poor house holds in urban South Africa. IRC Symposium: Sanitation of the Urban Poor Partnership and Governance, 19-21 November 2008, Delft, The Netherlands. URL: http://www.irc.nl/page/46156 (Accessed March 2012).
10. Esrey SA (2000) Towards a recycling society. Ecological sanitation closing the loop to food security. Paper presented at the GIZ Ecological Sanitation Symposium, October 2000, Bonn, Germany.
11. st July 2010. eThekwini Water and Sanitation, Durban, South Africa.
12. nd WEDC International Conference on Sustainable Development of Water Resources, Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation, November 2006, Colombo, Sri Lanka. URL: www2.gtz.de/Dokumente/oe44/ecosan/en-durban-experience-2006.pdf (Accessed 21 November 2011).
13. Holden R, Terreblanche R and Muller M (2004) Factors which have influenced the acceptance of EcoSan in South Africa and development of a marketing strategy. In: Werner C, Avendaño V, Demsat S, Eicher I, Hernandez L, Jung C, Kraus S, Lacayo I, Neupane K, Rabiega A and Wafler M (eds.) Ecosan Closing the Loop. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Ecological Sanitation, 07-11 April 2003, Lübeck, Germany. 167-174.
14. HSRC (HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL) (2004) Assessment of the effectiveness of the education programme for households receiving sanitation and water. HSRC, Durban.
15. Langergraber G and Muellegger E (2005) Ecological sanitation a way to solve global sanitation problems? Environ. Int. 31 433-444.
16. Lungu K, Morse TD and Grimason AM (2008) Ecological sanitation implementation opportunities and challenges in Chikwawa, Malawi. Environ. Health Int. 10 (2) 1-7.
17. Matsebe G and Duncker L (2005) Urine diversion in South Africa: is this a solution? Paper presented at EcoSan Conference, May 2005, Durban, South Africa.
18. Mudzanani L, Ratsaka-Mathokoa M, Mahlasela L, Netshidzivhani P and Mugero C (2003) Cholera. In: Ijumba P, Day C and Ntuli A (eds.) South Africa Health Review 2003/2004. Health System Trust, Durban. URL: http://www.hst.org.za/publications/south-african-health-review-200304 (Accessed1 July 2011).
19. Penner B (2010) Flush with inequality: sanitation in South Africa. URL: http://places.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=21619 (Accessed 3 February 2011).
20. Roma E, Holzwarth S and Buckley CA (2011) Large-scale peri urban and rural sanitation with UDDTs in eThekwini Municipality (Durban), South Africa. SuSanA Case Study. URL: http://www.susana.org/docs_ccbk/susana_download/2-791-en-susana-cssouth-africa-ethekwini-durban-uddts-2010.pdf (Accessed 20 March 2012).
21. Shayo AJ (2004) Acceptance of Ecosan concepts in Tanzania a case study of piloting ecological sanitation, Majumbasita, Dar Es Salaam. In: Werner C, Avendaño V, Demsat S, Eicher I, Hernandez L, Jung C, Kraus S, Lacayo I, Neupane K, Rabiega A and Wafler M (eds.) Ecosan Closing the Loop. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Ecological Sanitation, 07-11 April 2003, Lübeck, Germany.
22. Trönnberg L, Hawksworth D, Hansen A, Archer C and Strenström TA (2010) Household-based prevalence of helminths and parasitic protozoa in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, assessed from faecal vault sampling. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 104 642-652.
23. Tumwebaze IK, Orac CG, Nakayaga JK, Karamagi C, Luethi C and Niwagaba C (2011) Ecological sanitation coverage and factors affecting its uptake in Kabale municipality, western Uganda. Int. J. Environ. Health Res. 21 (4) 294-305.
24. nd edn.) UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya. URL: http://www.unep.org/dewa/vitalwater/article83.html (Accessed 21 December 2012).
25. UN-WATER (2006) Coping with water scarcity. A strategic issue and priority for system wide action. Un-Water Thematic Issue, August 2006. URL: ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/aglw/docs/waterscarcity.pdf (Accessed 12 March 2012).
26. WHO (2006) Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater. Vol. IV Excreta and Greywater Use in Agriculture. WHO, Switzerland. URL: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/wastewater/gsuww/en/index.html (Accessed 12 March 2012).
27. WIN-SA (2006) eThekwini's water and sanitation programme: WIN-SA lessons series. Water Information Network South Africa. URL: http://www.susana.org/lang-en/library?view=ccbktypeitem&type=2&id=1170(Accessed 12 March 2012).