date-created: '2013-02-11'
date-updated: '2026-01-08'
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title: 'Single pit latrine'
description: 'The Single Pit is one of the most widely used sanitation technologies. Excreta, along with anal cleansing materials (water or solids) are deposited into a pit. Lining the pit prevents it from collapsing and provides support to the superstructure. As the Single Pit fills, two processes limit the rate of accumulation: leaching and degradation. Urine and anal cleansing water percolate into the soil through the bottom of the pit and wall while microbial action degrades part of the organic fraction.'
keywords: 'sanitation, health, toilet, single pit latrine, latrine'
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version: 26
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image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/2/2e/Icon_single_pit.png'
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