Perceptions and Attitudes of the Rural Population of Morocco Towards EcoSan Latrines UDDTs

Taouraout, Aziz; Chahlaoui, Abdelkader; Belghytı, Driss; Najy, Mohamed; Taha, Imane; Kharroubi, Adel

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11196-0_11

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“…To do this, separation and treatment of excreta and gray water at the source is the strong point of this new type of sanitation, since it is in the 1% of wastewater (excreta) that is concentrated almost all of the most harmful pollutants (pathogens, parasites and nitrates...) for the environment and public health [6]. So, by separating and treating excreta out of wastewater, using dry toilets, all of these problems are virtually eliminated from economical and efficient way [7]. So it becomes obvious that the dry toilet solution is significantly less problematic in its impact on the environment and increases protection of public health [8,9].…”

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Sustainable Sanitation: an appropriate solution in rural areas

Taouraout

Chahlaoui²,

Sadki³

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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In Morocco, reuse of treated wastewater can reduce the negative effects of drought in the agricultural sector. However, it is necessary to adopt a sustainable sanitation in order to reduce the risk of this type of water on public health and environment. This new sanitation concept is based on the principle of separation, recovery and reuse of wastewater and taking in consideration the social, economic, environmental, and institutional of the local conditions. The aim of this article is: to give the main results of a survey conducted in 2017 at Dayet Ifrah village which housed the first pilot ecological sanitation project in Morocco concerning appreciation and attitude of the population towards this new system of sanitation; and on the other hand to study the efficiency of a pilot scale system composed on three filters used to treat domestic wastewater coming from a single house in Meknes. In general, ecological sanitation is appreciated by the population of the village and showed its effectiveness to improve sanitation in Moroccan context. The pilot scale system proved his effectiveness to trait organic pollution and nutrients, faecal pollution and parasites.

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confidence: 99%

Sustainable Sanitation: an appropriate solution in rural areas

Taouraout

Chahlaoui²,

Sadki³

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Furthermore, the rural population usually uses traditional autonomous or individual drainage systems (e.g. latrines linked to lost wells) to get rid of black water and discharges gray water directly into nature without treatment (Bouhlal, 2018;Taouraout et al, 2019a). These practices still pose a major risk to public health and the environment, exposing many people to infection and dangerous diseases (Sutton et al, 2011;United Nations, 2016).…”

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Performance and Sustainability of Vertical Constructed Wetland to Treat Domestic Wastewater in Rural Areas of Morocco

Taouraout¹,

Chahlaoui²,

Belghyti³

et al. 2020

J. Sustain. Sci. Manage.

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Constructed wetlands (CWs) have been used as a green technology to treat various wastewaters for several decades. This technology can be used to overcome the challenge of wastewater effluent disposal without treatment in rural areas of Morocco. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of this system under three hydraulic loading rates. To do this, a pilot scale of Subsurface-vertical flow constructed wetland system (VFCW) measuring 0.4 m × 0.6 m × 0.78 m (L ×W× H), was designed to treat domestic wastewater from a single household and its performance was investigated. The substrates used in this filter were gravel, iron sawdust and crushed concrete. This system was fed with three hydraulic loading rates: 250 L/m 2 /day, 350 L/m 2 /day and 500 L/m 2 /day, and planted by Chrosopogon zizanioides L. The results showed the high removal rates (between 74-92 %) for all organic matters, good removal rate for orthophosphate (68±9%) due to the iron and crushed concrete added into the filter, and moderate removal rate for ammonium (47±23%). The effluent quality is in accordance with Moroccan standards. Consequently, VFCW as an efficient, economic, ecological and sustainable wastewater treatment technology can be one of the most appropriate solutions to treat domestic wastewater in rural areas of Morocco.

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