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date-updated: '2025-11-28'
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title: 'Blackwater storage tanks'
description: 'When urine or faeces cannot be used immediately or transported using a Conveyance Technology (i.e. Jerrycans or oil drums) it can be stored onsite in containers or tanks. The Storage Tank must then be moved or emptied into another container for transport.'
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