Mini Desludging Unit in Ethiopia (MDU) Developing a locally made mini-desludging device in Ethiopia and building business around it WASTE advisers on urban environment and development, WASTE
As part of the Emergency Sanitation Project (ESP), we were challenged to develop a desludging device and simple effective faecal sludge treatment methods in Adama City in Ethiopia and to further develop businesses for these devices. By doing so, this project would support both households who have pit latrines that need to be emptied frequently, and at the same time benefit local Micro and Small Enterprises that are active in pit emptying service provision. Within the project, partner Yassin Industries (a local manufacturer that has a well-equipped metal processing workshop) played a central role.
The project was built up in five phases:
1. Basic research and designing the concept of the project.
2. Proof of concept: assessing the project concept and carrying out a pre-feasibility study of the local market.
3. Early-stage technology development: building, testing and demonstrating the actual prototypes on difficult sludge (household pit latrines and public toilets) .
4. Product development: further analysing the market for the Mini Desludging Unit (MDU) and producing the desludging device itself in close collaboration with Yassin Industries.
5. Product marketing: Once the final prototype is tested and proven functional, the product is brought to the market.
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