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HOME AND ENVIRONMENT
Kind of neighborhood ,e.g congested ,slum,etc.
Social and health facilities available
Communication and transport facilities available
housing
APPROVE TYPE OF WATER FACILITIES
LEVEL I (POINT SOURCE)
A protected well or a developed spring with an outlet but without a distribution system.
Indicated for rural areas where houses are scattered
Serves 15-25 households ; its outreach is not more than 250m from the farthest user
Yields 40-140 L/min
LEVEL II (Communal Faucet or Stand posts)
With a source ,reservoir,piped distribution network and communal faucets
Located at not more than 25m from the farthest house
Delivers 40-80 L of water per capita per day to an average of 100 households
Serves 4 to 6 household per faucet
Fit for rural areas where houses are densely clustered.
LEVEL III (INDIVIDUAL HOUSE CONNECTION OR WATERWORKS SYSTEM)
With a source , reservoir, piped distributor network and household taps
One or more faucets per household
Fit for densely populated urban communities
TYPES OF MATERIALS USED FOR HOUSE
LIGHT
Refers to such materials as bamboo , nipa sawali, coconut leVES OR CARDBOARD .
STRONG
Refers to a predominantly concrete house.
MIXED
Refers to a combination of light materials, wood and/or concrete. Typically concrete floor or foundation and light walls, or a concrete 1st floor and light 2nd floor.
LIGHT FACILITIES
Artificial means of providing light/illumination. Facilities used already reflect adequacy and safety for the family.(Ex. Electricity, kerosene ,candles , or none.)
TYPES OF EXCRETA DISPOSAL
LEVEL I
Non-water carriage toilet facility - no water necessary to wash the waste into receiving space e.g pit latrines,bored-hole latrine
Toilet facilities require a small amount of water to wash the waste into the receiving space e.g pour flush toilet & aqua privies
TYPES OF EXCRETA DISPOSAL (LEVEL I)
PAIL SYSTEM
A pail or box is used to receive the excreta and disposed later when filled .(included a ballot system where excreta is wrapped in a piece of paper /plastic and thrown later.)
OPEN PIT PRIVY/LATRINE
Consists of a pit covered by a platform with a hole that is usually not covered. The platform may, in its simplest form, consist only of 2 pieces of wood or bamboo.
CLOSED PIT PRIVY/LATRINE
A pit privy in which the hole over the platform or toilet floor is provided with a cover.
TYPES OF EXCRETA DISPOSAL (LEVEL I)
types of pit include
Ventilated Improved Pit or VIP, pit with a vent pipe
REED ODORLESS EARTH CLOSET OR ROEC
A pit completely displaced from the superstructure and connected to the squatting plate by a curved chute.
What is a REED ODORLESS EARTH CLOSET OR ROEC?
A variation of VIP latrine
Pit filly “off-set” from superstructure , and connected to squatting slab with a “curved chute”
Connected with vent pipe to control odor and insect nuisance
It is claimed that the chute , in conjunction with the ventilation stack, encourages vigorous air circulation down the latrine, thereby removing odors and discouraging flies. This type of latrine is common in southern africa.
TYPES OF EXCRETA DISPOSAL (LEVEL I)
LEVEL I
ANTIPOLO TYPE
Toilet house is elevated and the shallow pit is extended upwards to the platform (toilet floor) by means of a chute or pipe made of metal,clay, aluminum or board.
BORED- HOLE LATRINE
Consists of a deep (usually more than 10 feet ) but relatively narrow (less than 2 meters in diameter ) hole made with boring equipment.
OVERHUNG LATRINE
Toilet house is constructed over a body of water (stream , fake, and river ) into which excreta is allowed to fall freely.
LEVEL II
Onsite toilet facilities of the water carriage type with water-sealed and flush type with septic vault/ tank disposal.
LEVEL III
Water carriage types of toilet facilities connected to septic tanks and/or to the sewer system to the treatment plant.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
BLIND DRAINAGE
Waste water flows through a system, of closed pipes to an underground pit or covered canal.
OPEN DRAINAGE
Wastewater flows through a system of pipes (could be improvised from bamboo) to an open pit canal.
NONE
When no drainage system or container is used for garbage. Waste water from the kitchen flows directly to the ground, oftentimes forming a nearly permanent pool. Garbage is not put in a container when disposed of.