Aqua-Aero WaterSystems BV products

Over the last decennia millions of latrines have been built to improve the sanitation of people in developing countries. The human waste is captured in special dug pits. The liquid parts of this human waste seeps in the ground floor table. Unfortunately these liquids contain large amounts of nitrates and are superfluously polluted with harmful bacteria capable of polluting the groundwater table significantly. This phenomenon results for instance in situations that the groundwater from wells on the same compound cannot longer be consumed due to harmful bacteria and nitrate levels in this water reaching even to toxic levels.

Food security, water and sanitation play an essential and critical role in the well-being of people in developing countries. These issues are closely linked and influence each other. A combined approach is advised resulting in the improvement of food security, increasing water quality and vanishing problems due to poor sanitation.