TY - JOUR
AB -  an immediate effort to increase the. number of containers available, either by local purchase or by arrangements to mould new containers from thin cement (see section on Construction Techniques). In the longer term, there will generally be opportunities to reinforce the measures taken by the refugees themselves. For example, wells may be improved quite rapidly by the provision of cement for building plinths and sills to prevent backflow of dirty water. awaiting such assistance, if a sanitation system is required for team-members or for a clinic or feeding centre, and if it proves impossible to build pit latrines or trench systems, then some sort of septic tank arrangement will generally be the most appropriate system. It may well be possible to hire a local contractor to build a septic tank system; also, various packaged emergency systems such as the Oxfam Sanitation Unit may be a good, though relatively expensive way of meeting the problem quickly where large numbers of people are affected. A design for a small, simple septic tank is given later. 6.14. Sanitation Sanitation provision for team members, clinics, and small feeding centres For a few days at the start of an emergency, a shallow trench 
TI - 6.14. Sanitation
JF - Disasters
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1981.tb01010.x
DA - 1981-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/6-14-sanitation-2qVzVcSML7
SP - 281
VL - 5
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -