Sewage System in HaitiShaquilla TerryDepartment of Public Health

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Outline

1. Introducing the problem

2. History of Waste Management in Haiti

3. Current Means of Disposal

4. Existing efforts

5. Future implementation

6. Conclusion HDSC Haiti DevelopmentStudies Center

Introduction

● Haiti = most underserved country in the Western Hemisphere

● In 2008, Haiti’s sanitation coverage decreased from 26% to 17%

● In 2010, 85% of urban areas and 50% of rural populations had access to improved water sources

● Conditions worsen after earthquake ○ Cholera Epidemic

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History

• Water supply and sanitation initiatives carried out by U.S. Military

1915-1934

• Centrale Autonome Metropolitaine d’Eau Potable / Service National d’Eau Potable

• Service National d’Eau Potable

1964 and 1977

• Water sanitation and hygiene initiatives

1986

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History

• National Directorate for Potable Water and Sanitation

2009

• Earthquake• Cholera outbreak

2010

• Potable Water and Sanitation Technicians for the Communes

Present

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Current Means of Sewage Disposal

● Dry toilets

● Oceans

● Plastic bags

● Combined Water System*● Culverts, collector sewers, storm water inlets

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Problem

Lack of sanitary water and infrastructure

Raw sewage introduced to the community

Effects on human body and environment

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Problem

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Existing Efforts

Technologies

● Biochemical conversion● Septic tanks

● Landfills

● Thermochemical conversion● Biogas/ Bio digester Toilets

● Chlorination of water

Solutions

● WASH CDC Efforts

● Haiti Toilets

● National Directorate of Potable Water and Sanitation.

● Ministry of Public Health and Population

● United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal

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Plan for the Future

●Capstone Project - Civil Engineering Team at UML with Professor Hajduk

●Evaluate the possibility of establishing a waste management system in the city of Les Cayes

●Create and implement a system for the city of Les Cayes that would improve the quality of water sanitation while creating job opportunities.

● Increase waste management awareness

●Provide sanitary sewage management

●Promote sustainability of water quality, access, and control

Fall 2015 2015 and Beyond …

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Plan for the Future

Conclusion

Quality water &

Sanitation

Hygiene Promotion

Social, economical,

and environmenta

l benefits

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References

● Gelting, R., Bliss, K., Patrick, M., Lockhart, G., & Handzel, T. (2013). Water, Sanitation

and Hygiene in Haiti: Past, Present, and Future. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

89(4), 665-670.

● Haiti. (2015), from http://water.org/country/haiti/

● Meegoda, J., Hsieh, H., Roderiguez, P., & Jawidzik, J. (2012). Sustainable Community

Sanitation for a Rural Hospital in Haiti. Sustainability, 4, 3362-3376.

● Waterborne Diseases A-Z List. (2015) from

http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/oids/epi/waterborne/list.htm

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