Did you know that: 4.5 billion people don't have a toilet and 80% of the world's wastewater flows back untreated into the environnement ?!
...And if we reinvented the toilet?
Title: Reinventing the toilet
Time: 11h-12h
Location: Room 3370, Pavillon Adrien-Pouliot, Université Laval, and web diffusion
Speaker: Catherine Bourgault, PhD in faecal sludge management and consultant at CAWST (Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology)
Did you know that: 4.5 billion people don't have a toilet and 80% of the world's wastewater flows back untreated into the environnement ?!
...And if we reinvented the toilet?
A challenge that many scientists and companies have embarked upon by participating in a competition organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The goal: to improve sanitary conditions in developing countries where many municipalities are not served by a sewer system.
The mission: to design modern toilets that can be used without access to water, costing less than 5 cents to maintain (per user per day) and allowing the recovery of resources such as energy, drinking water , compost, etc.
As part of the World Toilet Day, come learn about reinvented toilets. The first prototypes are ready. Are you?
The CentrEau midi-conferences are monthly conferences on various water themes open to the entire university community and the general public
