Transporting and Reusing a Waste System

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A rural ​community of ​4000 people in ​Central America ​currently has ​no running ​water and is in ​need of a ​sanitation ​system. The ​area has a ​shallow water ​table which ​is ​contaminated ​with human ​feces. ​

Would it be ​possible to ​transport an ​old already ​existing ​industrial ​waste system ​and convert it ​to a ​community waste ​and sewer ​system?  ​

If possible, ​how could this ​best be ​achieved and ​what are the ​risks? Which ​infrastructure ​parts can be ​reused and ​which can't?​  ​

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Dear Blodget, It is too ...

Dear Blodget,

It is too costly to transport wastewater treatment plant/system. I suggest to transport M&E equipment e.g. Pumps, blowers, telemetry, valves. While tanks can be manufactured, from steel or precast concrete walls, at the destination area. Because 4000 population tanks are too big to be transported. Plus the age of the tank could not worth transporting them.

Regards,

Majed Murad, BSc, MSc, CEng, C.WEM, FCIWEM, CEnv

 

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Just collect surface water ...

Just collect surface water when rainfall in use basic wetlands mentally and if you want sanitation also well utilize all waste for energy source or send us an email globalian@rocketmail.com  

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Dear MR Blodget could you ...

Dear MR Blodget

could you please send some data of existing system, like type of equipment, dimensions of units, any drawings if available, etc.

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