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Publisher's Note: Provides detailed practical & technical advice intended to guide the selection, design, construction & maintenance of on-site facilities for the removal of human excreta. Addressed to engineers, sanitarians, medical officers, & project planners, the book concentrates on technical options suitable for householders building their own latrines, whether in small communities, rural areas, or deprived urban settlements. Noting that efforts to improve sanitation depend on far more than the application of technology, the authors draw upon their own extensive experience in developing countries to alert readers to the many social, cultural, institutional, economic & financial factors that will ultimately determine the success of any sanitation scheme. Details range from line drawings illustrating features of design & construction, through a list of reasons why improved sanitation may elicit negative responses from users, to instructions for calculating the internal dimensions of a septic tank. Chapters provide a detailed technical guide to the design, construction, operation & maintenance of all the main options for on-site sanitation. Of particular practical value is a collection of design examples offering details on how to determine the basic dimensions for the most common designs, supported by examples illustrating the design procedures to be followed.