The Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies for the Wider Caribbean Region - El Compendio de Sistemas y Tecnologías de Saneamiento para la Región del Gran Caribe

The focus of this Compendium is on the range of urban and periurban technologies that can be provided and managed as a utility service. Accordingly, we refrain from highlighting various pit latrine technologies as information about them are widely available in the English, French and Spanish Compendia, including the more interactive online version entitled “Sanitation Systems Perspective” (p.11). This Compendium is the first to feature Container Based Sanitation, which has been successfully implemented and operated in the region (https://cbsa.global) and, compared to pit latrines, is the preferred option from an economic and health perspective (Sklar and Faustin, 2017).

The Compendium is a guidance document for engineers and planners in the Wider Caribbean Region and beyond and is primarily intended to be used for communicative planning processes involving local communities. It is also intended for persons/experts who have detailed knowledge about conventional high-end technologies (such as infrastructure implementers, contractors and consultants), requiring information on alternative/different system configurations. It is not intended as a stand-alone document for engineers, making decisions for the community, i.e. expert-driven decision-making.

Bibliographic information

Reuter, S., Demant, D., Heredia, G., Lüthi, C., Reymond, P., Schertenleib, R., Ulrich, L. and Zurbrügg, C. (2022). The Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies for the Wider Caribbean Region - El Compendio de Sistemas y Tecnologías de Saneamiento para la Región del Gran Caribe. BORDA

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