Speaking at the
World Water Forum,
Peter Rouse the President of the
World Water Association has said that
the world should revert to using human solid waste as compost + fertiliser and allow liquids to
drain into the ground...
Mr Rouse also said that it will be almost impossible to meet the
UN target of halving the number of people without fresh water and sanitation by 2015 and that the focus should be on
community-led programmes which are more
environmentally friendly and use less water, such as
dry and low water toilets.
Unfortunately, according to
Water Aid's
Timothy Doyle many northern countries would however prefer to fund the building of western-style flushing toilets that are an "
incredible waste of water resources" rather than the provision of
fixed point latrines which can do a lot to improve
basic sanitation + water use...
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