Eco-san

An Eco-san toilet



Below the Eco-san : Collecting poop and pee separately



Since we're spontaneously going in the potty direction, some more on that front.

We are used to have flushing toilets but where water is scarce, a good question to ask is whether disposing excreta is a really necessary usage of water. Proper sewage disposal is expensive by Indian standards, so it ends up often just going into streams and gutters, thereby polluting the groundwater which we use for drinking later.

We saw a working Eco-san toilet, which is designed so you can manage bathroom waste locally (does not enter any outside tank/pipeline system) with minimum water usage. The details of how this particular solution works can be read here. (site down right now, Sun night IST, should be back by Monday afternoon)

Gross but necessary ! (Actually, I am now so steeped in water and sustainability issues, that this kind of stuff excites me rather than grossing me out)