Thread by @biome_trust

Can you effectively manage wastewater in your locality?

Check out these snippets from the comic book “Neera, Jalaj and the Case of Untreated Waste”, that tell us how we can achieve sustainable #wastemanagement ...🧵

10-year-old Jalaj was curious about how efficiently waste can be used.

He kept thinking about the technology that helped #recycle and reuse it. Jalaj wondered how he could replicate the system in his own #environment.

First, Jalaj tackled the solid waste by building a toilet with a twin leach pit, with the help of his friends. A twin leach pit is a toilet that can manage faecal waste locally.

Jalaj now wondered what could be done with the #wastewater produced daily in his house and the households in his locality.

He then found a parched #lake bed in the neighbourhood.

Jalaj surveyed the landscape and wondered about the possibilities: could the wastewater from his locality be discharged into this dying receptacle?

Once he had decided that the first prerequisite was a treatment system, Jalaj thought of the many options in front of him.

He then got the community involved to collaboratively identify the best solution for the neighbourhood.

Finally, a date was set for the construction of a bio-remediation plant.

Bioremediation is a waste management technique that involves the use of organisms to remove pollutants.

This would treat sewage before letting it out into the lake. Jalaj and his friends built the system together.

As time passed, the #wetland grew. Birds came by and Jalaj watched the lake filling. While the lake filled to fullness, so did the leach pit.

It was now time to empty it and reap the benefits of humanure.

With a bountiful lake, brimming wells and borewells, and fruits grown from the humanure- Jalaj learnt about the benefits of #sustainable wastewater management, its cycle and reuse.

To view the full comic, click on this link:
bengaluru.urbanwaters.in/neera-jalaj-en…