Fosse d'aisancesUne fosse d'aisances est une cavité destinée à recueillir les excréments depuis une installation sanitaire (toilettes ou latrines). À l'inverse de la fosse septique, elle ne dispose pas de système d'évacuation des liquides, et doit être vidangée régulièrement. Elles doivent être entièrement étanches et, à moins d'utiliser un volume particulièrement grand, la vidange doit se faire fréquemment, parfois chaque semaine. Les fosses d'aisances ont été utilisées bien longtemps avant l'arrivée des toilettes à chasse d'eau pour évacuer et stocker les déjections humaines.
Resource recoveryResource recovery is using wastes as an input material to create valuable products as new outputs. The aim is to reduce the amount of waste generated, thereby reducing the need for landfill space, and optimising the values created from waste. Resource recovery delays the need to use raw materials in the manufacturing process. Materials found in municipal solid waste, construction and demolition waste, commercial waste and industrial wastes can be used to recover resources for the manufacturing of new materials and products.
Convenience samplingConvenience sampling (also known as grab sampling, accidental sampling, or opportunity sampling) is a type of non-probability sampling that involves the sample being drawn from that part of the population that is close to hand. This type of sampling is most useful for pilot testing. Convenience sampling is not often recommended for research due to the possibility of sampling error and lack of representation of the population. But it can be handy depending on the situation. In some situations, convenience sampling is the only possible option.
Community-led total sanitationCommunity-led total sanitation (CLTS) is an approach used mainly in developing countries to improve sanitation and hygiene practices in a community. The approach tries to achieve behavior change in mainly rural people by a process of "triggering", leading to spontaneous and long-term abandonment of open defecation practices. It focuses on spontaneous and long-lasting behavior change of an entire community. The term "triggering" is central to the CLTS process: It refers to ways of igniting community interest in ending open defecation, usually by building simple toilets, such as pit latrines.
Traitement des eaux uséesLe traitement des eaux usées est l’ensemble des procédés visant à dépolluer l’eau usée avant son retour dans le milieu naturel ou sa réutilisation. Les eaux usées sont les eaux qui à la suite de leur utilisation domestique, commerciale ou industrielle sont de nature à polluer les milieux dans lesquels elles seraient déversées. C'est pourquoi, dans un souci de protection des milieux récepteurs, des traitements sont réalisés sur ces effluents collectés par le réseau d'assainissement urbain ou privé.
Water treatmentWater treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses, including being safely returned to the environment. Water treatment removes contaminants and undesirable components, or reduces their concentration so that the water becomes fit for its desired end-use. This treatment is crucial to human health and allows humans to benefit from both drinking and irrigation use.
Pollution de l'eauvignette|Les détritus de type déchets ménagers sont souvent indicateurs de pollutions (métaux lourds, micro-organismes) posant des problèmes de santé publique, notamment dans les régions où les eaux de surfaces sont utilisées pour la boisson, la lessive, la vaisselle, se laver, faire la cuisine, etc.). vignette|Les pollutions les plus spectaculaires (par des sels de fer ici) ne sont pas toujours les plus toxiques, mais de fortes concentrations d'un produit non réputé toxique (fer, sel par exemple) peuvent faire disparaître la plupart des formes de vie.
Cluster samplingIn statistics, cluster sampling is a sampling plan used when mutually homogeneous yet internally heterogeneous groupings are evident in a statistical population. It is often used in marketing research. In this sampling plan, the total population is divided into these groups (known as clusters) and a simple random sample of the groups is selected. The elements in each cluster are then sampled. If all elements in each sampled cluster are sampled, then this is referred to as a "one-stage" cluster sampling plan.
Secondary treatmentSecondary treatment (mostly biological wastewater treatment) is the removal of biodegradable organic matter (in solution or suspension) from sewage or similar kinds of wastewater. The aim is to achieve a certain degree of effluent quality in a sewage treatment plant suitable for the intended disposal or reuse option. A "primary treatment" step often precedes secondary treatment, whereby physical phase separation is used to remove settleable solids.
Sustainable Sanitation AllianceThe Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is a loose network of organizations who are "working along the same lines towards achieving sustainable sanitation". It began its work in 2007, one year before the United Nations International Year of Sanitation in 2008. The intention of creating SuSanA was to have a joint label for the planned activities for 2008 and to align the various organizations for further initiatives. SuSanA has over 360 partner organizations and over 13,000 individual members (as of March 2021).
