Rapid Assessment of Squatting Report (NOTE: LARGE FILE)

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This is followed by the private flush toilet with thirty-five percent (35%) and the public pit
latrine with twelve percent (12%). All three (3) options pose a serious threat to public health and
the environment in that disposal is simply in a soak away pit or a hole dug on the premises. Plate
1 shows an example of a public pit latrine seen in a squatter settlement.
The remaining three percent (3%) represent other methods of disposal not specified and could
include the unsanitary practice of directly using the bushes or black plastic bags which are then
flung into gullies or other convenient areas. The GIS analysis (refer to Maps 1 and 2) carried out
on selected squatter regions, show that several of these settlements are in close proximity to
central sewage facilities. However, they do not fall within the formal planning regime as there is
no connection to these systems.
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