Title page for E-project-050412-125132

Project Type	IQP
Submission date	2012-05-04
Authors	Elyssa Ariel Dorenfeld, edorenfeld@WPI.EDU, ME Patrick Benjamin Ford, patford@WPI.EDU, EV Livia Meloney Motz, livia_motz@WPI.EDU, ME John Paul Petitpas, jpetitpas@WPI.EDU, ED
URN	E-project-050412-125132
Division	Technology and Environment
Center	NAMIBIA / Namibia Project Center
Sponsor	Desert Research Foundation of Namibia
Title	Improving Solid and Human Waste Management in Rural Namibia Communities
Advisors	Nikitina, Svetlana, HU Robertson, Thomas B., HU
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Improper solid and human waste management endangers rural Namibian farming communities. Our goal was to conduct a pilot study in an effort to reduce the effects of waste in the Odendaal Farms of southern Namibia. Through interviews, community meetings, waste audits, and the construction of a centralized solid waste collection center, we eliminated the need for the burning of waste at the household level. In addition, we evaluated seventeen of the nineteen Otji dry sanitation toilets installed in 2011. We proposed a set of recommendations that the DRFN, and other organizations, can use to further improve waste management in rural Namibia.
Files	DRFN_Water_Desk_Final_Report.pdf

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