This year Superemos has continued work on improving sanitary facilities to replace latrines. Earlier this year we helped the local Cesar Jerez Secondary School by installing three systems. They have proved to work really well confirming the experience we have had of this system in the Estelí Women's School.
The system works as a mini-septic tank but since it is completely sealed the waste degrades more completely than in a conventional septic tank. This means that the plastic barrel in which the waste accumulates seldom if ever requires emptying.
The advantage of the system is that it requires very little water to flush - about a litre to a litre and a half of water. It is incomparably more hygienic than a conventional latrine and can be located inside people's homes rather than in an incomvenient out-house.
Recently we installed a system for the Estrellas #2 community pre-school in Barrio Felipe y Mery.
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the filtration pipe lies on a gravel bed to facilitate dispersion
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the bowl is set in cement to prevent theft -
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