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I'm sure there are others who have recent experience. I'm currently at the WASH coordination training where the view is as follows:

ideally, one would cover full trench latrines and move on but there probably isn't much space (we aren't sure exactly where this is). many of these latrines were dug quickly and probably aren't lined in which case they may be unstable when de-sludged. Unfortunately, manual de-sludging sounds like your best option but could be dangerous.

you might be able to bring in a sludge pump but there could be large stones in the sludge so it would have to be a good one and there's the issue of no water.

I hear that there's an appropriate technical working group within the cluster so help may be near at hand.

Regards

Robert Hodgson

I'm sure there are others who have recent experience. I'm currently at the WASH coordination training where the view is as follows:

ideally, Ideally, one would cover full trench latrines and move on but there probably isn't much space (we aren't sure exactly where this is). many Many of these latrines were dug quickly and probably aren't lined in which case they may be unstable when de-sludged. Unfortunately, manual de-sludging sounds like your best option but could be dangerous.

you You might be able to bring in a sludge pump but there could be large stones in the sludge so it would have to be a good one and there's the issue of no water.

I hear that there's an appropriate technical working group within the cluster so help may be near at hand.

Regards

Robert Hodgson