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The consistent use of household water treatment and storage (HWTS) technologies is necessary for human health.
Globally, an estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation.
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets
After emergency situations, aid agencies tend to implement sanitation systems that exhibit good principles for managing human excret