Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
monacivilengineering.blogspot.com
Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
1–10 of 44 posts
Re: Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
#2Thanks for sharing this!
I enjoyed reading about the different types of campes.
I wonder how self-suistainble wrt to cost can it be? Similar to water recycling in ths ISS
Re: Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
#3Very interesting.
I wonder if it then makes sense to run additional services such as power and drinking water parallel to those pipes for similar efficiency?
I wonder if camping festivals and conferences such as CCC camp would benefit from this at all?
Re: Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
#4Drain company owner here, putting 90s in a sewer main just to make your design esoteric is a stupid af idea. This guy needs to stop doing so much lsd at burning man.
Re: Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
#5Very interesting. I wonder if it then makes sense to run additional services such as power and drinking water parallel to those pipes for similar efficiency? I wonder if camping festivals and conferences such as CCC camp would benefit from this at all?
Original author here:
yes of course, this project should be improved and many other additional services wil be added.
I will also study a camp with UDDT to have a less amount of sewage.
The camps in my project contain free areas for agriculture, in addition to a school , a police station, and markets so the camp could be 90% independent.
This project could be applied for any camp. It is basically studied to be applied for refugees camps as they most need it, but it could be used for any camp that has a big amount of sewage.
Re: Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
#6One might think that the UNHCR should have experts on hand who have ready made designs for sewage, water and electricity in refugee camps, but then one looks at the horrors of Moria and the other "camps" in Greece.
It is utterly shameful that people in need depend on volunteers taking care of such basic needs. Thanks, OP.
Re: Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
#7One might think that the UNHCR should have experts on hand who have ready made designs for sewage, water and electricity in refugee camps, but then one looks at the horrors of Moria and the other "camps" in Greece. It is utterly shameful that people in need depend on volunteers taking care of such basic needs. Thanks, OP.
The UNHCR wants to move the refugees to destination countries and the local (and national) politicians want the camps gone. The inhabitants of these camps don't want to be there either. None of these groups want the camps to be permanent, so you can see that this type of solution is not wanted or desired. There is a perverse incentive to make the camps "bad" but not "too bad."
Re: Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
#8Very interesting. I wonder if it then makes sense to run additional services such as power and drinking water parallel to those pipes for similar efficiency? I wonder if camping festivals and conferences such as CCC camp would benefit from this at all?
Original author here: yes of course, this project should be improved and many other additional services wil be added. I will also study a camp with UDDT to have a less amount of sewage. The camps in my project contain free areas for agriculture, in addition to a school , a police station, and markets so the camp could be 90% independent. This project could be applied for any camp. It is basically studied to be applie…
What is the lowest temperature the studied project’s environment would experience?
How viable is this in colder climates?
Also, great write up!
Re: Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
#9> In the design, the slopes of the drainage pipes and the velocity constraints are selected in a way to have minimum excavation depths, and to have the flow velocity within its design ranges.
I guess that the goal is to make it cost effective. To dig deeper that the strictly necessary would add durability that a temporary camp does not need and a lot of extra cost.
It would have been nice to know the advantages and disadvantages of each camp design. But, I guess that it was not inside the scope of designing the sewage.
Re: Designing a standard sewage network for refugee camps
#10It seems outhouses every block would be a much more simple and economical design. They just require vertical excavation, which can be done by hand if space is constrained but labor is available. When the camp is dismantled (hopefully everyone is resettled quickly) then you just fill it in with dirt.