SANITATION SYSTEM

REPORTER:
JOREL DONGHIT
BSCE-V
 SANITATION SYSTEM

• A FULL SANITATION SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF THE USERS OF THE SYSTEM, THE COLLECTION,
TRANSPORT, TREATMENT AND END MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN EXCRETA, GREYWATER,
STORMWATER, INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE
• SANITATION REFERS TO PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS RELATED TO CLEAN DRINKING
WATER AND ADEQUATE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCRETA AND SEWAGE.
 SUSTAINABLE SANITATION

• SUSTAINABLE SANITATION SYSTEMS PROTECT AND PROMOTE HUMAN HEALTH, MINIMISE

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND DEPLETION OF THE RESOURCE BASE, ARE TECHNICALLY
AND INSTITUTIONALLY APPROPRIATE, SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE IN
THE LONG TERM
• SANITATION SYSTEMS AIM TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH BY PROVIDING A CLEAN
ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL STOP THE TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH
THE FECAL-ORAL ROUTE.
 TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE

• DIARRHEA
• ASCARIASIS (A TYPE OF INTESTINAL WORM INFECTION OR HELMINTHIASIS)
• CHOLERA
• HEPATITIS
• POLIO
• SCHISTOSOMIASIS
• TRACHOMA
 PURPOSES

• THE OVERALL PURPOSES OF SANITATION ARE TO PROVIDE A HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENT

FOR EVERYONE, TO PROTECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES (SUCH AS SURFACE
WATER, GROUNDWATER, SOIL), AND TO PROVIDE SAFETY, SECURITY AND DIGNITY FOR PEOPLE
WHEN THEY DEFECATE OR URINATE.