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Tumu gets ultra-modern toilet facility

The Sissala East Municipal Assembly in the Upper West Region has provided an ultra-modern toilet facility at the Tumu lorry station in the district capital.

Date Created : 7/24/2018 3:40:50 AM : Story Author : Ghanadisstricts.com/Rosemary Obeng Yeboah

The 10-unit facility which was constructed through the assembly’s share of the district development facility (DDF) would allow the community which is built on stilts in water to use the toilet without contaminating the river which is a source of water, and livelihood for the people.

The new Biofil Toilet System is a modern technology that uses a digester with an aerobic decomposition system, which treats toilet waste and flush water in the chamber, breaking down the toilet waste completely with oxygen in a way that the odour is not generated.

Speaking with the Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Nanyua Karim said the chamber was a filter and when the water closet was flushed, the digester filters the liquid through sand and porous concrete, allowing non-toxic water to drain out to their garden, leaving the toilet waste in a suspended environment, where oxygen gets to every part of it.

He said under those conditions, millions of environmentally friendly microorganisms and bacteria feed on the toilet waste till it disappears completely.

The MCE said the project was in line with government's policy “One Household One Toilet project of developing tourist’s destinations across the country and expressed the hope that the facility would tackle the longstanding problem of indiscriminate defecation and also address the complaints of tourists about the non-existence of toilet facilities at the Municipality.

Mr Nanyua, said the construction of the facility by government was a manifestation of government's mission to collaborate with development partners to bring development to the people.