1. Sustainable Sanitation for Rural Bulgaria
EU Sanitation Policies and Practices in the 2008 International Year of Sanitation
Sustainable Sanitation for Rural Bulgaria
Diana Iskreva-Idigo
Earth Forever, Bulgaria
Brussels,

2. Bulgarian Villages
Centralized water supply in 96% of the villages in the country;
No sewer, no working mechanism for wastewater management in 98% of the villages in the country;
No solid waste collection in 70% of the villages.

3. Management of human wastes

4. Management of wastewater / greywater
Very few households produce wastewater – only greywater;
Soakaways for waste / greywater;
Emptying of the soakways;
Discharge in the garden;
Discharge in the neighbor’s garden;
Discharge along the street;
Discharge in the nearby gully.

5. Sanitation – the remaining 2% of the villages
Wastewater
Parcial sewer. No wastewater treatment facilites;
Illegal discharge of the sewers.

6. Multistakeholders in a village sanitation project
Villagers;
Local authority;
Regional authorities;
National authorities;
Special approach to elder youth and women.

7. Events / Media Involvement

9. EcoSan for Bulgarian Villages
UDD toilets, plus
Waterless urinal, plus
Greywater treatment facility: vertical planted soil filter, mulch filter, plus
Sanitizing of ecosan products, incl. composting, vermicomposting, plus
Reuse of ecosan sanitized products to improve soil facility for more efficient agriculture.

10. The UDD toilet from inside

12. Composting

13. Re-use of Sanitized EcoSan Products
No application
Urine application

14. Before

15. Now

16. Before

17. Now

18. Design public sanitation system and Information Center Stara Zagora Spa

19. Design of the interior

20. Thank you for your attention!