1. SBS |
School Based Sanitation
Decentralized Wastewater
Treatment Solutions
A promising concept to
improve hygiene and health
in schools
SBS |
DEWATS Service Package
Developed and disseminated by
BORDA & BORDA BNS Network
2. School children are threatened by a high risk of
infection & a lack of privacy and security
Threat to public health Assault on privacy and security BORDA BNS Networks Mission
The fact that about 2.6 billion Insufficient sanitation facilities With a mission to improve the liveli-
humans around the world, especially threaten or ignore privacy and hoods of disadvantaged groups
in Africa and Asia, suffer from a lack security needs of school children. within societies and to sustain the
of access to proper basic sanitation Due to insecure toilets, which can’t functioning of eco-systems through
reveals the necessity of acting inno- be locked, there are often cases of dissemination of demand oriented
vatively. Without sufficient sanitation molestations and sexual assaults Basic Needs Services, BORDA
people have to face not only an un- towards boys and girls. As a result of (Bremen Overseas Research and
worthy and polluted environment, fear, substantial absenteeism or even Development Association) and its
but also a high risk of infection as dropping out of school distracts BNS Partner Network develop and
well as a deficiency of privacy and pupils, mainly girls, from appropriate disseminate innovative solutions for
safety. education. facilitating the access to Basic Needs
Services (BNS).
Environmental pollution
Most wastewater from schools is dis- DEWATS Service Packages
charged untreated into the surroun- One Basic Needs Service is DEWATS,
ding environment. This additionally an effective, efficient, affordable and
threatens the health of residents who proven wastewater treatment solu-
live near schools. tion for (sub-) tropical regions and
low-income countries. DEWATS
WHO/Unicef, MDG, mid-
term assessment 2004 Investment for the future stands for “Decentralized Wastewater
The improvement of the situation for Treatment Solutions”, but it is much
today’s school children has to be more than just a technical approach.
seen as an important contribution to DEWATS Service Packages include
In considering the state of public the Millennium Development Goal 7, not simply the construction of hard-
health, it becomes clear that in par- which aims to halve the proportion of ware but a whole set of integrated
ticular children are afflicted with life- people living without basic sanitation measures which are combined ac-
threatening sanitation conditions – by 2015. cording to demand. SBS (School
most notably at school. According to BORDA’s guiding prin- Based Sanitation) is one of these
o Over 980 million children under the ciple - “Facilitating Basic Needs DEWATS service packages that aims
age of 18 do not have access to Services – thinking long-term, acting to improve the sanitation conditions
adequate sanitation (UNICEF). now!”- up scaling the access to suffi- in schools.
o Due to unhygienic toilets, hundreds cient sanitation for school children is
of millions of school children are needed as an investment for the
infected with parasites and worms future.
(UNICEF).
o 5000 children a day die from diar-
rhoea which is caused by poor
sanitation (UN-Water). Secure? Private? Healthy? Conventional school
sanitation e.g. India, Zambia and Indonesia
3. The DEWATS SBS Service Package guarantees hygiene,
dignity and basic sanitation in schools
DEWATS School Based Sanitation o Planning, financing, implementa- o Good hygiene behaviour, due to
During the process of DEWATS SBS tion and management of the Health and Hygiene Education and
implementation in schools, BORDA project with participation of all the availability of hygienic sanita-
and its partner organizations coope- stakeholders tion facilities for children and teen-
rate with willing local partners to o The construction of a well-built and agers, is improved in a sustainable
reconcile the interests of all stake- inviting sanitation centre that manner at school, but it is also
holders (e.g. school maintaining provides fresh clean water and transferred to home - from chil-
body, municipality, target group) to toilets that meet basic hygienic dren to parents. Thereby, social
construct sanitation facilities that standards as well as separate dissemination of upgraded hygienic
meet the needs of children and young facilities for males and females customs is initiated.
adults. The on-site underground o The implementation of a decen-
o Privacy, security and dignity of the
wastewater treatment system pro- tralized, sub terrestrial and locally
school children are ensured by the
vides state-of-the-art technology. adapted wastewater treatment
new toilet facilities. In conse-
Education, evaluation and training system, including the option for
quence, absenteeism and school
programmes complete the DEWATS wastewater re-use and biogas
dropout rates are lowered obser-
SBS Service Package to assure the generation
vably, especially for girls.
right handling, reliable maintenance o Health and Hygiene Education
and, therefore, the sustainability of (HHE), Health Impact Assessment
the whole SBS project. (HIA) and maintenance training for
the preparation, implementation
Key SBS features and management of proper School
In order to combat the consequences Based Sanitation
of poor school sanitation, namely the
high risk of infections, insecurity and
environmental pollution, the following
measures are taken during the imple-
mentation of DEWATS SBS:
Three girls are exploring the new Sanitation
Centre at the Iman Poworejo School, Indonesia
o The biological treatment of waste-
water without technical energy
Housekeeping, operation & maintenance training inputs by DEWATS applications
is included in the SBS Service Package
makes wastewater meet environ-
mental standards and advances
Resulting benefits the living conditions in the school’s
These measures which are coordina- surrounding area.
ted by BORDA’s regional offices and
implemented with local BORDA BNS
Water tanks guarantee the provision of Partner Organizations provide a
fresh water
multiplicity of benefits:
o Thanks to clean toilets and the
o The willingness for appropriate
provision of fresh water, the
participation of potential schools is
hygienic conditions are improved,
assessed by a demand-based se-
which leads to a significant reduc-
lection process. Within this process,
tion of health risk and infection.
the ability of co-financing and the
assurance of satisfactory house-
keeping have to be documented.
4. DEWATS SBS - a proven solution
Additional benefits A proven solution
o The biogas that occurs from waste- Today, BORDA and its BNS Partner
water treatment can be used for Network, have already achieved the
cooking in the school kitchen. sustainable operation of more than
o The school garden can be irrigated 900 DEWATS plants, including the
by the treated water from the successful realization of over 30 SBS
DEWATS plant. projects. This demonstrates that
DEWATS School Based Sanitation is a
proven and affordable solution to
combat sanitation grievances at
schools. Project costs vary between
10.000 and 30.000 Euro depending
on the number of pupils (on average
Pupils in India meet a Sanitation Centre with
200-500) and regional conditions.
toilet facilities suitable for children
Major maintenance, when required
(e.g. desludging every two years), is
distributed to professional organiza-
tions. Compulsory monitoring is car-
The biogas, generated by the DEWATS plant, is
used for cooking in the school kitchen ried out during the start-up phase
and optional whenever there is an
assumption that the system does not
Operation & maintenance
work correctly.
training
The benefits of DEWATS SBS can The DEWATS modules for physical and biological
wastewater treatment in schools are: bio diges-
only be assured through permanent ter, sedimentation chamber, anaerobic baffled
and attentive housekeeping. That’s reactor and discharge to drainage ditch.
why the DEWATS SBS Service
Package integrates a special opera-
tion and maintenance training. It
enables students or housekeeping
staff to run the facility indepen-
dently, which is crucial for its
sustainability.
DEWATS Service Packages
o Treatment Systems o Emergency Sanitation o Health Impact Assessment &
o Community Based Sanitation o Sanitation for Prisons Hygiene Education
o School Based Sanitation o Sanitation for Real Estates o Capacity Development
o Sanitation for Hospitals & Hotels o Sanitation Mapping o Standardisation
o Wastewater Treatment for Agro-Industry o Municipal Sludge Treatment Plant o Research & Development
DEWATS – Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Solutions
Developed & disseminated by BORDA and over 20 BORDA BNS Network Partners in South and South East Asia & Southern Africa
With support from:
Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association 01SBS_Okt2010_HBV3
BORDA Germany BORDA South East Asia BORDA South Asia BORDA SADC
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