“With a bio digester, you do not need to spend a fortune on building a septic tank or soak pit,” she states. Upon shifting to her house, Sarah Kiyemba, a resident of Gayaza in Wakiso district says she ...

Many people have for long suffered the stench that comes with poor disposal of sewage. Many go for septic tanks, which cost a lot of money and space yet most homes are built in small spaces. According ...

I n light of recurring tragedies — involving workers losing their lives while cleaning septic tanks — it is time to question the safety and functioning of the ubiquitous septic tank. These tanks treat ...

The bio-digester technology developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be a game changer in the sanitation sector in the years to come, according to Sudhir Mande, ...

A man constructs a bio-digester sceptic tank. Photo by Roland D. Nasasira. For years she had known nothing beyond the ordinary septic tank until when Julius Kirumira, the managing director of Home ...

The Friends of Bharathapuzha (FoB), a non-government organisation headed by Metroman E. Sreedharan, has replaced the conventional septic tank being used by the comfort station near the main temple at ...

For many Kenyans building homes, the choice now is whether to install a septic tank or switch to a biodigester. Waste management and scarcity of water have forced many to install biodigesters that ...