Collecte et évacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de Bafoussam, Cameroun (Afrique centrale)

The aim of this study is to describe the system of collection and evacuation of faecal sludge in Bafoussam (Cameroon), to raise the insufficiencies in order to propose a method for a better management. The actors and their roles in the chain of management of faecal sludge were identified. Faecal was...

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Main Authors: Célestin Defo, Théophile Fonkou, Paul Blaise Mabou , Paulin Nana, Yacouba Manjeli
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Published: Éditions en environnement VertigO 2015-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/15994
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Théophile Fonkou
Paul Blaise Mabou 
Paulin Nana
Yacouba Manjeli
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description The aim of this study is to describe the system of collection and evacuation of faecal sludge in Bafoussam (Cameroon), to raise the insufficiencies in order to propose a method for a better management. The actors and their roles in the chain of management of faecal sludge were identified. Faecal wastes were collected, characterized in the lab and their potential effects on the surrounding populations of the site of the discharge were evaluated. The principal results showed that faecal wastes are managed autonomously in the septic tanks (49 %) and the latrines (59 %). The actors involved in the collection and evacuation of faecal sludge are : population, urban community and a private company. The physicochemical characteristics of muds are very high compared to the norms of rejection required by the World Health Organization (DCO, 60 500 mg/l ; NH4+, 1472 mg/l ; PO4-3, 1044 mg/l). A volume of about 1440 m3 of faecal waste are pumped per year by tankers and are poured without treatment at the edge of the Noun river.
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spelling doaj-art-22a8eb7b80a543c4babc9857c3da700a2025-01-09T12:41:04ZfraÉditions en environnement VertigOVertigO1492-84422015-05-0115110.4000/vertigo.15994Collecte et évacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de Bafoussam, Cameroun (Afrique centrale)Célestin DefoThéophile FonkouPaul Blaise Mabou Paulin NanaYacouba ManjeliThe aim of this study is to describe the system of collection and evacuation of faecal sludge in Bafoussam (Cameroon), to raise the insufficiencies in order to propose a method for a better management. The actors and their roles in the chain of management of faecal sludge were identified. Faecal wastes were collected, characterized in the lab and their potential effects on the surrounding populations of the site of the discharge were evaluated. The principal results showed that faecal wastes are managed autonomously in the septic tanks (49 %) and the latrines (59 %). The actors involved in the collection and evacuation of faecal sludge are : population, urban community and a private company. The physicochemical characteristics of muds are very high compared to the norms of rejection required by the World Health Organization (DCO, 60 500 mg/l ; NH4+, 1472 mg/l ; PO4-3, 1044 mg/l). A volume of about 1440 m3 of faecal waste are pumped per year by tankers and are poured without treatment at the edge of the Noun river.https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/15994pollutionAfricaBafoussamCamerooncityevacuation
spellingShingle Célestin Defo
Théophile Fonkou
Paul Blaise Mabou 
Paulin Nana
Yacouba Manjeli
Collecte et évacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de Bafoussam, Cameroun (Afrique centrale)
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pollution
Africa
Bafoussam
Cameroon
city
evacuation
title Collecte et évacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de Bafoussam, Cameroun (Afrique centrale)
title_full Collecte et évacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de Bafoussam, Cameroun (Afrique centrale)
title_fullStr Collecte et évacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de Bafoussam, Cameroun (Afrique centrale)
title_full_unstemmed Collecte et évacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de Bafoussam, Cameroun (Afrique centrale)
title_short Collecte et évacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de Bafoussam, Cameroun (Afrique centrale)
title_sort collecte et evacuation des boues de vidange dans la ville de bafoussam cameroun afrique centrale
topic pollution
Africa
Bafoussam
Cameroon
city
evacuation
url https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/15994
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