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New Publication - December 2009

Urine diversion components publication

“Technology review on urine diversion components - Overview of urine diversion components such as waterless urinals, urine diversion toilets, urine storage and reuse systems”.

This new publication is an important contribution of the GTZ program “Sustainable sanitation – ecosan” as it brings together scattered knowledge around the topic of urine diversion in a concise manner.
The publication explains the purposes of urine diversion, its benefits and challenges, urine precipitation, urine treatment and reuse in agriculture. Further, it provides an overview on design and operational aspects for equipment needed, such as waterless urinals and urine diversion toilets including supplier information and indicative costs.
The target audience for this publication are people who are new to the topic of urine diversion or new to the topic of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and who:

  • need to obtain an overview of the main issues for urine diversion and the main technical components
  • want to know which are the main important documents for further reading
  • have a particular interest in developing countries, with a pro-poor perspective
  • need information on available suppliers worldwide and on costs for waterless urinals and urine diversion toilet pedestals and squatting pans

The Appendix contains a worldwide listing of suppliers for waterless urinals and urine diversion toilet pedestals and squatting pans.

Hard copies are available on request.
gtz2009-en-technology-review-urine-diversion.pdf, 1,48 MB (English)


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