Faecal sludge simulants to aid the development of desludging technologies

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 456-464

  Radford, J T ^a   Underdown, C ^a   Velkushanova, K ^b   Byrne, A ^b   Smith, D P K ^c   Fenner, R A ^d   Pietrovito, J ^e   Whitesell, A ^f  

^a MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Water for People   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Columbia Tech ^*  (United States)

^f Beaumont   (United States)

Author keywords

Desludging pumps; Faecal sludge simulant; Pit emptying

Indexed keywords

MELINDA;

EID: 84940042506     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: 24089362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2015.014     Document Type: Article

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