Rapid Assessment of Squatting Report (NOTE: LARGE FILE)
Rapid Assessment of Squatting Report (NOTE: LARGE FILE)
Rapid Assessment of Squatting Report (NOTE: LARGE FILE)
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Figure 7<br />
This is followed by the private flush toilet with thirty-five percent (35%) and the public pit<br />
latrine with twelve percent (12%). All three (3) options pose a serious threat to public health and<br />
the environment in that disposal is simply in a soak away pit or a hole dug on the premises. Plate<br />
1 shows an example <strong>of</strong> a public pit latrine seen in a squatter settlement.<br />
The remaining three percent (3%) represent other methods <strong>of</strong> disposal not specified and could<br />
include the unsanitary practice <strong>of</strong> directly using the bushes or black plastic bags which are then<br />
flung into gullies or other convenient areas. The GIS analysis (refer to Maps 1 and 2) carried out<br />
on selected squatter regions, show that several <strong>of</strong> these settlements are in close proximity to<br />
central sewage facilities. However, they do not fall within the formal planning regime as there is<br />
no connection to these systems.<br />
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