KSA 9: Business Development and Innovation
Thrust 3: Business Development
Programme 13: SASTEP
Title : Next-Gen Sanitation Technology Toolbox for SA Schools
ToR ID : 1009909
Contact Person: Mr Akin Akinsete akina@wrc.org.za
Closing Date : 20 May 2022
Brief description of ToR
The cost per seat is used to benchmark school sanitation technologies. This metric primarily takes into account construction and installation costs, which can be easily skewed by the state of the site, greenfield vs. brownfield, or other ancillary infrastructure required other than the toilet system itself, i.e., front end (toilet pedestal) and back-end infrastructure(treatment unit). Intangible factors such as social and user acceptability and aspiration, as well as environmental factors such as the impact on potable water sources, waste disposal considerations, and energy requirements, are also ignored by this metric. As a water-stressed country where climate change threatens our current sanitation paradigm, such considerations are critical for a strong school sanitation policy and plan.
