Brenda Land Exit Strategies

Exit StrategiesBrenda Land

(909) 599-1267 Ex 219bland@fs.fed.us

USDA Forest ServiceSDTDC

So what’s wrong with a little poo?

It is a source of food for beasties and buggies

It provides rich nutrients

It’s the original bio-fuel.

Cow chip fire

So what is wrong with a little poo?

While there is nothing wrong with a little poo, there is a problem when it is not so little.

How poo contaminates food

Poo draws flies Food draws flies

Poo in the water

People drink the water

Animals drink the water

Pathogenic organisms get transferred

Protozoa VirusBacteria

But where’s the privy?

Whatever the sanitation option is, it needs to address these goals.

Keep vectors (flies, hornets, other insects) away from poo.

Keep poo out of water.

Keep people away from contact with other peoples poo.

Effective sanitation options -

•Collect

•Contain

•Treat

fecal material to prevent illness, water pollution, and infecting wild animals.

Personal Privies

Wag Bag packages

Cathole

Small Group Privies

Scat Machine Cleans Pickle Pails and Rocket Boxes

Rocket Box

Incinerating Toilets

Rustic Facilities

Pits Moldering Privies

ATV Vault

Dehydrating Toilet

Other

Composting Toilet

Pumping in the Back Country

More Developed Facilities

No Magic

• Many methods • No perfect solution

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