Talk:Ecological sanitation

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Housekeeping/Cleanup
I just did a lot of housekeeping on this article, which mostly involved removing duplicate information from the general article on sanitation and organizing what was left in a way that resembled encyclopedic article. I paraphrased and cited material that I found to be directly copied from the UN source. I removed some links that I thought were only loosely related; if other editors disagree about their removal they are welcome to re-add them with explanation.

More information is definitely needed on the methods employed in EcoSan; I had a hard time finding concise and useful information on this topic. I'm not knowledgeable in this area, but may try to do research and expand it some if nobody else takes care of it. It seems that without the addition of information about the processing methods this article is not very useful at all.

--ThinkGreen 02:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

First we are told that "...ecosan is a new philosophy of ..waste disposal..." then a few lines down we are told "...recycling and reuse of waste has been used by almost all cultures for millenia.."

later comes the pearl   <<>>>> That makes things pretty clear, doesn't it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kigongos (talk • contribs) 20:59, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Ecosan in other languages
I have added links to ecosan articles other major languages, most of which do not exist yet. Hopefully someone browsing will add at least a short article in these other languages.

Ianmcaldwell (talk) 13:46, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Unintelligible
I don't understand the following sentence:

"a sanitation process that uses human blackwater and sometimes immediately eliminates fecal pathogens from any still present wastewater (urine) at the source."

I would gladly make an edit, but I don't understand what it is referring to. Anyone care to rewrite it?Jimjamjak (talk) 14:38, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes I know what they are talking about it is called urine diversion and I will work on it. Pbmaise (talk) 11:28, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Guanxi Province Projects
I recently attended the first development conference of the International Water Association in Mexico City. A presentation was given on a project in Guanxi provence where several thousan residents of a multi-story appartement complexes voted to remove their urine diverting toilets and to replace them with conventional toilets. This article leaves the impression that this approach is the wave of the future. It should be edited to reflect this negative reaction. Rsamstag (talk) 16:47, 11 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsamstag (talk • contribs) 15:31, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Agreed there is a place for this and big apartment buildings isn't it...it is the rural farmstead places where homes are on or above water. I mention in the revised article now about how system is good when you cannot connect to sanitation sewer or if water supply is tight.Pbmaise (talk) 11:31, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

UDD and ecosan Fluff
I cut a huge amount of the salesmanship out of this page, however, there still a lot remaining. One of the biggest problems is the entire page itself. this Ecosan as you can see is almost all by example urine diversion dessication. This whole page simply seems to be a way to describe UDD was in ways to make it sound like the be all end all. I pooped out on this one. LOL and leave it to someone to carry from here. However, I'm thinking the UDD page and ecosan page should be one in the same. Further, this term ecosan seems to be invented fluff, and I see in the press the term UDD and UDDT the most. Show me this ecosan system that isn't perhaps.

Work on the UDD page needs to get some pictures. I found great pics on the web but none were from government agencies. One thing I found was two spellings of feces...I think someone knows how to make the spelling show up based upon where user is from.Pbmaise (talk) 13:04, 31 October 2011 (UTC) Well I slept on this page overnight and now pretty much fully believe this entire page is largely a brochure to promote an organization called Ecosan.org On their website they list specifically This group shall direct its focus towards sanitation systems permitting nutrient reuse, mainly by source separation.. This is exactly what urine diversion is and ecosan is really just a more "polite"? way to say it. Based on this conclusion I'm making one more run over this page using facts instead of fluff.Pbmaise (talk) 23:09, 31 October 2011 (UTC)


 * For your info, I have done a major rework of this page, removed a lot of the "promotional" stuff. I think it is much better now. For your info I also created a separate page on UDDTs as it is not the same as ecosan. EvM-Susana (talk) 23:07, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Human ecology
Could this topic co-inside with ecological sanitation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kasprzd03 (talk • contribs) 14:41, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * In which sense? Where do you see the connection between ecosan and human ecology? Please explain. EvMsmile (talk) 12:02, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

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Use of UDDT photos
Hi, User:Jnyssen: I noticed you added two photos of UDDTs to this article recently. I think they are better off to be moved to his article: urine-diverting dry toilet (UDDT). Even if the term "ecosan toilet" may well exist on the ground in Ethiopia, the correct term is UDDT. Therefore, I don't think the two photos are suitable here, especially not in the lead. Also the photo in the lead could be any toilet, just more colourful than pit latrines, so it doesn't really say much about the ecosan concept, which is mainly about reuse. EMsmile (talk) 04:19, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I will try to improve the photos. Yet, the "chimneys" (one per collection chamber) are typical for Ecosan toilets. Besides, there is no urine diversion in this case. Jnyssen (talk) 08:51, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Please read the article carefully because it explains why the word "ecosan toilets" is ill defined. We have been trying throughout will all the toilet articles to stick to a consistent naming system for toilets. If there is no urine diversion then they are probably composting toilets. EMsmile (talk) 02:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)