Interview D. van Duuren en H.J. van Alphen - Making SENSE Of Diverse, Decentralised Water Innovations

“The invention of piped sanitation systems has rightly been credited as one of the most significant medical milestones of the last century. People blessed with access to functioning toilets can often forget about the hidden, engineering marvel taking away their waste with a single, unsung heroic flush.
Conventional urban systems transport potable water for consumption and bring back wastewater for treatment over long distances. Yet what if these processes could be complemented with in-home or community water recycling or saving systems?
There is abundant research on these decentralised systems in developing nations, but what about developed countries? After all, it’s hard to directly compare waterless toilets in Sub-Saharan rural Africa to an urbanised, densely populated developed European city.
Understanding socio-economic views on decentralised – Addressing this knowledge gap, the four-year EU project called Social Evaluation of New Sanitation Experiments (SENSE) aims to improve the understanding of the diversity and perceptions of decentralised solutions in practice.”

(Citation: Interview D. van Duuren en H.J. van Alphen – Making SENSE Of Diverse, Decentralised Water Innovations – www.wateronline.com (2021)3 June)