Today’s episode looks at sanitation technologies appropriate for flood-prone areas--those that experience more sudden and regular occurrences of flooding, whether it be related to our ever changing climate or the historical trends in the region.

For this episode we have a guest interviewer, Marcio Botto, who is a WASH Service Advisor at CAWST and fluent in Portuguese. Originally, we had discussed doing the entire interview in Portuguese, but decided to move forward with the interview in English. Regardless, we thought why not shake it up a bit with a new interviewer. In this episode, Marcio talks with author João Paulo Borges Pedro about his classification of flood events and review of suitable sanitation technologies. One of the key findings is that, in fact, many options exist. The challenge is with how people interface with them, and ultimately their acceptance of the technology implemented dictates whether it will function over the long-term.

To read the paper, visit: https://iwaponline.com/washdev/article-abstract/10/3/397/75339

To learn more about this research you can visit the following:

Research Grupo: https://www.mamiraua.org.br/gp-inovacao

Sanitation technology for flooded Amazon: https://transforma.fbb.org.br/tecnologia-social/fossa-alta-comunitaria

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhNqJh_-Ko8