Hi, Apologies if I started this conversation on the HOT list instead of here. I have been away for a while and my protocol is rusty.
I believe that Watsan will stand for Water/Sanitation. It was probably an experiment by someone new. I also stated that 850 million people open defecate, but they are likely to use 10 different places a year. This was an unclear guesstimate. Apologies Proper Details here https://www.unicef.org/wash/files/UNICEF_Game_plan_to_end_open_defecation_2018.pdf For UN Sustainable development goal 6 https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6 There is a community of people that are interested in hygiene: they are inspired by the famous broad street pump that was the first time cholera was spread by dirty water https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak This was made possible because they had a map. My inspiration is that if there is a map of Open Defication Areas(ODA) then it will inspire communities to do something about it. My personal favourite is using solar power to dry the faeces reducing the pathogen load, then burning it in a low oxygen environment to kill the last pathogens at 600C, this makes biochar/charcol. This makes a great soil additive, it has a large surface area, absorbs water and doesn’t degrade. This is carbon sequestration. Urine which is sterile makes an excellent fertiliser. Before this I need Open Defecation = yes for an area and a point rendered on the humanitarian Openstreetmap tile set. I know that people will be inspired to make this map and therefore add to the rest of the important features of the map. I am happy to make the proposal but I wanted to check if it is acceptable to the community first. shall I go ahead with the proposal? Cheers Bob
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