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sanitation

vr.tr.sanitation · XCT.REL

Let an agent handle sanitation as a service chain with access levels, technologies, operators and health outcomes.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle sanitation as a service chain with access levels, technologies, operators and health outcomes.

The provision of facilities and services for the safe management of human excreta and wastewater, from toilets to treatment, and the public health measures around them.

What it is for: Protecting health and dignity by separating people from waste.

It can be provide and use it; plan and finance sanitation systems; monitor access and safety; regulate discharges.

Distinguishing features

A service chain: containment, emptying, transport, treatment, disposal

Defined in service levels by the WHO/UNICEF JMP

A human right

Closely tied to hygiene and water

What it looks like

Toilets, latrines, sewers, drains, septic tanks, treatment plants and container-based services.

Physical character

people without safely managed sanitation: about 3.5 billion people - global estimate early 2020s

How it is recognised

Toilets and drainage infrastructure

Treatment works and pumping stations

Container-based and community sanitation facilities

Related models

includes - user interface

toilet

is part of - context

hygiene and public health

protects - from contamination

water

is regulated by - discharges

environmental policy

In practice

Families and kinds

sewered sanitation

on-site sanitation such as septic tanks and pits

container-based sanitation

urban drainage

shared and community facilities

Standards and regulation

UN recognition of the human right to sanitation (2010)

SDG 6.2 and JMP service ladders

EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

WHO Guidelines on Sanitation and Health

Failure modes and hazards

Faecal contamination of water

Unsafe emptying of pits

Flooding of drains and sewers

Exclusion of women, girls and disabled people from facilities

Also called

deep cleandrainage equipmentcontainer-based sanitationSanitation in BukavuUrban drainage channel managementxylospongiumswimming pool sanitationEmergency sanitationdisinfection, disinsection and rodent controlhuman defecation posturesEcological sanitationwater supply and sanitation in JapanMiami Pool Service Pros

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.sanitation

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Access Who has sanitation.

Access levels define the service.

Service level

JMP ladder.

Service level

The service level.

  1. What sanitation service level do people here have? measurement
  2. From which survey? provenance

Equity

Who is left out.

Equity

Groups excluded.

  1. Who lacks access, such as women, girls or disabled people? boundary
  2. Why? definition
Service chain From toilet to treatment.

Safety depends on every stage.

Stages

Containment to disposal.

Chain

The stages in place.

  1. How is waste contained, emptied, transported and treated? definition
  2. Where does the chain break? boundary

Technology

Sewers, septic, container.

Technology

Technologies used.

  1. Which technologies are used? definition
  2. Are they suitable for the setting? boundary
Operation Who runs it.

Operators and finance keep systems working.

Operator

Utility or provider.

Operator

The operator.

  1. Who operates the sanitation services? provenance
  2. How are they paid for? definition

Workers

Sanitation workers.

Worker safety

Worker protection.

  1. Are sanitation workers protected from hazards? boundary
  2. Which rules apply? provenance
Health and environment Outcomes.

Sanitation protects health and water.

Health

Disease outcomes.

Health

Health effects.

  1. What health outcomes are linked to sanitation here? measurement
  2. Is there an outbreak risk? boundary

Discharge

Effluent standards.

Discharge

Effluent compliance.

  1. Does treated effluent meet standards? measurement
  2. Where are overflows reported? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each stage of the chain be a separate entry?
  • How should service levels be linked to places?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as deep clean; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON