Multidimensional Benefits of Improved Sanitation: Evaluating ‘PEE POWER ® ’ in Kisoro, Uganda

Jiseon You, Chad Staddon, Alan Cook, James Walker, Jess Boulton, Wayne Powell and Ioannis Ieropoulos
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Jiseon You: Bristol BioEnergy Centre, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Chad Staddon: International Water Security Network, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Alan Cook: International Water Security Network, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
James Walker: International Water Security Network, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Jess Boulton: International Water Security Network, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Wayne Powell: International Water Security Network, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Ioannis Ieropoulos: Bristol BioEnergy Centre, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: With 2.3 billion people around the world lacking adequate sanitation services, attention has turned to alternative service provision models. This study suggests an approach for meeting the sanitation challenge, especially as expressed in Sustainable Development Goal 6.2, using a toilet technology system, such as Pee Power ® that generates electricity using diverted urine as a fuel. A field trial was carried out in a girls’ school in Kisoro, Uganda, where the generated electricity was used to light the existing toilet block. The trial was evaluated in terms of social acceptability and user experience using a multidimensional assessment protocol. The results of our assessment show that users felt safer when visiting the toilets at night. Lights provided from the technology also helped with the perceived cleanliness of the toilets. The technology was well accepted, with 97% of the respondents saying that they liked the idea of the Pee Power ® technology and 94% preferring it over other facilities on site. This shows how the technology helps meet SDG target 6.2, with its particular focus on vulnerable populations.

Keywords: Pee Power ®; ecological sanitation; renewable energy; social acceptance; user perception; female safety; gender equality; female empowerment; sustainable development goal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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