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Urban Sanitation Management Approaches in Mavoko Town of Machakos County in Kenya
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Mutua, Juliana Kamanthe Muia Agwata, Jones F. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | This paper assesses the sanitation management approaches in Mavoko town. It analyses the geographical aspects and takes into account the economic considerations used in managing sanitation. The assessment reveals that the sanitation management approaches used are neither appropriate nor sustainable. The conventional sewer system serves less than 40% of the population while the septic tank is widely used in Mavoko town but compromises the environment with potential threat to the health of the population’s resident in the study area due to the low infiltration capacity of the black cotton soils which are not conducive to onsite sanitation systems (OSS). The resident population is desirous of protecting the environment but is challenged by the high cost of operation and maintenance of the septic tank. Government intervention is recommended to facilitate pooling of financial resources spent on maintaining the septic tank to upgrade to a conventional sewer system which is best suited for the area. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.%2022%20Issue7/Version-11/C2207112229.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
