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Promoting sustainable sanitation through wastewater-fed aquaculture: a case study from Ghana |
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| Authors: | Asantewa Tenkorang Mark Yeboah-Agyepong Richard Buamah Nelson W. Agbo Rabia Chaudhry Ashley Murray |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Civil Engineering , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , Kumasi , Ghana asantewatenkorang@gmail.com;3. Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Faculty of Renewable and Natural Resources , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , Kumasi , Ghana;4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of California , Berkeley , USA;5. Waste Enterprisers , Accra , Ghana |
| Abstract: | Several of the 10 key challenges targeted by the African Water Vision 2025 are directly or indirectly related to human waste management, in particular strengthening the financial base for providing adequate sanitation services. This case study describes a novel approach to improving the operation and maintenance of a waste stabilization pond system in Ghana by turning it into a dual-purpose wastewater treatment plant and commercial fish farm. Results of a collaborative pilot study between private, public and academic partners to test the institutional and technical feasibility of the model as well as the public health impacts are presented. |
| Keywords: | waste stabilization pond public-private partnership wastewater treatment African Water Vision |