Transcript Photo credit: Dennis Keller SANITATION FOR ENERGY 19 November 2013 SANITATION FOR ENERGY SANITATION AND ENERGY Photo credit: water.org • 40% of people in the.

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SANITATION FOR ENERGY
19 November 2013
SANITATION FOR ENERGY
SANITATION AND ENERGY
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• 40% of people in the world still do not have a toilet
• There can be wealth in well-managed waste
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HOW SANITATION LEADS TO ENERGY
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• Productive sanitation means making use of human excreta for nutrients,
organic matter, water and energy
• The sustainable and hygienic use of human excreta protects water quality,
health and the environment as well as being a source of renewable energy
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BIOGAS
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• Anaerobic digestion is a biological process to breakdown organic matter
by bacteria
• Anaerobic means in the absence of oxygen
• A byproduct of this process is methane gas
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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
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• Methane gas ix extracted from organic waste
• This gas is used to drive turbines or combustion engines or burned
• Biogas energy is often used at the location where it was produced
(lighting, heating)
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BENEFITS OF BIOGAS
Reduces carbon emissions by converting methane to CO2 and water
Digested slurry byproduct can be used as fertilizer
Improves indoor air quality
6 kWh/m3 = approx. 0.5 L of diesel oil
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www.sanitationdrive2015.org
Leanne Burney, UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
Email: [email protected]
Therese Dooley, UNICEF
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Amanda Marlin, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
Email: [email protected]
Corinne Schuster-Wallace, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Email: [email protected]
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Improve your family’s lives – Stand up for your right to a toilet!