Sanitation in villages

The rural population in Moldova lacks behind regarding access to safe sanitation: more than half of the rural population relies on unimproved pit latrines in their backyard. Government agencies and international actors supporting Moldova’s water and sanitation sector lack coherent strategies and feasible options to improve the situation and consequently they take little action for improving access to safe sanitation in rural areas. ApaSan is working on improving knowledge and understanding on the situation of rural sanitation, promoting dialogue on how to address rural sanitation, and is introducing solutions contributing to better sanitation in rural areas.

ApaSan focuses on the following elements:

Developing concepts for comprehensive village wide sanitation

Discussion paper: Rural Sanitation in Moldova – Analysis and Optionsavailable soon
How to tackle sanitation comprehensively in an entire village: Cioresti case study available soon

Promoting ecosan household toilets

Ecosan household toilets in rural areas in Moldova: promotion approach and lessons-learnt

Following the successful implementation of ecosan toilet in schools, several households showed their interest in implementing individual ecosan toilets. The ApaSan project put into place a support program to allow those households to build their own ecosan toilet. The program aimed to increase awareness toward the technology and locally build capacity for construction of ecosan toilets. This document details the support program and lessons-learnt from this experience.

Ecosan household toilets in rural areas in Moldova: promotion approach and lessons-learntpdf-eng

Piloting constructed wetlands as an option for rural wastewater treatment

Introduction of the constructed wetland technology for treatment of wastewater in rural areas in Moldova

From 2008 to 2011, Skat Consulting Ltd implemented, through the ApaSan project, constructed wetlands in rural Moldovan areas, in order to explore the sustainability of this technology in the context. Ten years after the implementation of the first pilot plant, a review of the experience has been done by Skat, highlighting pros and cons of constructed wetlands and their efficiency in rural Moldova.

Introduction of the constructed wetland technology for treatment of wastewater in rural areas in Moldovapdf-eng