Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
International Waters Programme (International Waters Programme (IWP))
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2006
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
vi, 31 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.713 7 LAL (EL)
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
29764
Legacy PEIN ID:
69718
General Notes
Available electronically
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Waste disposal in the ground - Sewage disposal - Tuvalu
Waste minimization - Tuvalu
Conservation of natural resources - Tuvalu
Underground waste management - Cost effectiveness - Tuvalu
Septic tanks - Waste disposal - Tuvalu
Abstract
Human waste management is a major concern in Tuvalu despite decades of promotion of the use of water-seal flush toilets and septic tank systems as the safest and most hygienic way to dispose of human wastes. These systems were promoted as an alternative to the use of the beach for human waste disposal. Unfortunately, the septic tank-based system was introduced in Tuvalu and many other atolls in the Pacific Islands region without regard to the geophysical characteristics of atolls.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
International Waters Programme (International Waters Programme (IWP))
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2006
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
vi, 31 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.713 7 LAL (EL)
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
29764
Legacy PEIN ID:
69718
General Notes
Available electronically
Record Created: 18-Jan-2007
Record Modified: 22-Feb-2021