Limited resources impede sanitation provision
OUR provision of sanitation coverage is low due to lack of resources to operate a conventional sewerage system, Lukanga Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) has said.
LWSC managing director, Yoram Sinyangwe, said the technology used to carry out a conventional sewerage system was too costly especially that resources were currently unavailable at the institution.
Mr. Sinyangwe stated that sanitation providers were also faced with a challenge unplanned settlements to effectively provide the service to the community.
He was speaking in Kabwe on Monday when SNV paid a courtesy call
on him before the official
opening of the Urban Sanitation and Hygiene for Health Development (USHHD) three-day workshop on emptying technology for septic and pit latrines and handover of the EVAC pit emptying machine sponsored by SNV.
Mr. Sinyangwe acknowledged that world over, especially in developing countries, onsite sanitation was a system that water utility companies could not avoid.
He said the support from SVN, therefore, provided LWSC an opportunity to deal with sanitation provision and increase its coverage.
He said emptying or desludging of septic tanks and pit latrines was one of the easiest solutions to sanitation provision but should be done in a more environmentally friendly manner.
Mr. Sinyangwe said this was to ensure that the objective is achieved without contaminating the environment and protect the water bodies, especially underground sources.
t’s one of the easiest
solutions we have to deal with but have to do this in a more environmentally friendly manner to ensure that somehow we achieve the objective without contaminating the environment and somehow protecting the water bodies especially underground sources,” said Mr. Sinyangwe.
Speaking earlier SNV WASH sector leader, Kumbulani Nblovu said the institution had observed that desludging in Kabwe district was low and done in an unsafe and unhygienic way. Desludging is the process of removing sediments by draining and cleaning a tank.