Key Messages for Effective Sanitation Management
The five key messages of SuSanA emphasize the importance of capacity development, economic benefits, communication breakthroughs, stakeholder participation, and proper management and financing tools along the sanitation chain. These messages highlight the need for a comprehensive approach to address sanitation challenges efficiently and sustainably.
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The five key messages of SuSanA (1) We need capacity development along the entire sanitation chain and apply a sanitation systems approach (2) Capitalise on the economic benefits of sanitation! (3) A breakthrough in communication is needed (4) Stakeholder participation in all elements along the chain (5) All parts of the sanitation chain need the right management and financing tools
(1) We need capacity development along the entire sanitation chain and apply a sanitation systems approach ! Conveyance eg. Simplified Sewer, Tank Lorries User Interface eg. Flush-Toilet, Compost-Toilet, Pit Centralized Treatment eg. Anaerobic Baffled Reactor, Waste Stabilization Pond Collection and Storage eg. Septic Tank Reuse and Disposal eg. Composting or Leach Field
(2) Capitalise on the economic benefits of sanitation! Costs of lack of sanitation Health costs (lost work time) Lost Tourism Environmental costs Drinking water production costs Benefits (e.g.) Business opportunities Value of system outputs (biogas, fertiliser, irrigation water, forage, ) Income & Job creation Food security
(3) A breakthrough in communication is needed Media stars: e.g. Wash united No toilet no bride (TV-movies Nepal/India) School sanitation (Hygiene education) Pretty toilets Human right
(4) Participation & Capacity development along the chain Energy from waste UDDToilets Urban agriculture Irrigation of crops Land application Forage from C.wetlands
(5) All parts of the sanitation chain need the right management and financing tools Management How to control a large number of decentralised systems (incl. health concerns) Difference between rural and urban Financing Role of Utilities How to finance lots of small activities? Subsidies Invest in improved health or finance large infrastructure or partially subsidise O&M of productive sanitation Behaviour change Affordability Strong Institutions Protect Environment Source: KfW 2009
