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Sulabh Shauchalaya two-pit pour-flush sanitation movement

📍 India · 1970 · Sulabh International

Scale
local
subnational
national
systemic

Description

Sulabh International disseminates the Sulabh two-pit pour-flush toilet, a low-cost sanitation technology that uses only ~2 liters per flush, requires no sewerage, produces biogas and biofertilizer and eliminates manual scavenging of excreta. It operates pay-per-use public toilet complexes in hundreds of cities and promotes the rehabilitation of manual sanitation workers.

Linked evidence

Bindeshwar Pathak: Crusading for Human and Environmental DignityAsian Development Bank · 2009Evidence