PUVeP News

CDO Case Study Published at SuSanA Website

The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA), an international network of more than 90 organizations, has published the case study "UDD toilets with reuse in allotment gardens, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines" on its website.

The study was written by PUVeP staff Robert J. Holmer, Horacio S. Factura III, Analiza U. Miso, Glenda Y. Sol, Clarito A. Santos Jr., Elmer G. Elorde...

Read more 21.02.

XU Ecosan Article Published in Appropriate Technology Magazine

The article “Is human excreta an answer to the food & fertilizer crisis?” by Robert J. Holmer, XU-PUVeP Director, and Gina S. Itchon, XU School of Medicine, was published in the December 2008 issue of the “Appropriate Technology” magazine (pages 31-33). Appropriate Technology is published four times a year by Research Information Ltd, being edi...

Read more 02.02.

Ecosan Seminar at Baluarte Elementary School

A seminar on ecological sanitation was organized by Xavier University’s Social Involvement Program KKP on January 10, 2009 at the Baluarte Elementary School, Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro for parents, teachers, community members, local government officials as well as Xavier University students.

While Miki Melitante and Marcela Aggarao, both PUVeP members, gave an overview of ecological sanitation in general and the use of UDD toilets and the safe reuse of ecosan products in agriculture, i...

Read more 31.01.

Libertad Small Organic Farmers Association Exposure

40 members of the Matibog based Libertad Small Organic Farmers Association (LISOFA) visited the St. Ignatius Allotment Garden in Manresa last December 22, 2008 to become oriented and familiarized with the basic concept and components of ecological sanitation. The visit was facilitated by GreenMinds, a Cagayan de Oro based NGO, who is also a member of the Organic Certification Center of the Philippines (OCCP).

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International Symposium “Coupling Sustainable Sanitation and Groundwater Protection

Eng. Dexter S. Lo, Supervisor of Xavier University Engineering Resource Center (XUERC) attended the international symposium on "Coupling Sustainable Sanitation and Groundwater Protection" from October 14 - 17, 2008 at the Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) in Hannover, Germany, where he presented the poster

Read more 24.10.

SuSEP Roundtable Discussion Takes Place in SEARSOLIN

The Project “Developing A Sustainable Sanitation Education Program for the Philippines” (SuSEP), a World Bank-funded project of the Department of Health (DOH) under the aegis of the Sustainable Sanitation for East Asia Program (SuSEA) of the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank (WSP/WB) has been commissioned to the Center for Advanced Philippine Studies (CAPS), for implementation within the period of July 2008 to ...

Read more 13.10.

UDDT Update Mindanao: 60 Units Already Completed

Almost three years after the first urine-diversion dehydration toilet of Mindanao was inaugurated in November 2005, there are already 60 units completed in this southern island of the Philippines while further 60 units are presently under construction or in the planning phase, respectively. The number of completed toilets is highest in Cagayan de Oro City with 19 units, closely followed by the municipality of Initao, Misamis Orie...

Read more Comments(0) 28.09.

Monitoring & Evaluation of Ecological Sanitation Projects Workshop

A workshop on monitoring and evaluation of ecological sanitation projects was conducted from September 9 to 10, 2008 in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, and from September 11-12, 2008 in Cagayan de Oro City. Ms. Imelda Balbuena, Community Organizer of the GTZ Water & Sanitation Program, facilitated the workshops together with Glenda Y. Sol and Horacio S. Factura III from PUVeP and TUHH, respectively, and the local government units of Manolo Fortich and Cagayan de Oro. The workshop was attended by re...

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Stockholm World Water Week & 7th SuSanA meeting

Dr. Robert J. Holmer, Director PUVeP, and Robert Gensch, Ecosan Adviser at the School of Medicine represented Xavier University at the World Water Week, which took place in Stockholm from August 17-23, 2008 with the theme “Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healthy World with a Special Focus on Sanitation”.

Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the conference this year focused on sanitation and h...

Read more 31.08.

Region 10 Sanitary Engineers and Inspectors Explore UDDT

Sanitary Engineers and Sanitary Inspectors from Region 10 went on tour to the St. Ignatius Allotment Garden at Manresa Farm last August 8, 2008 to learn more about the ecological sanitation concept in general and the urine-diversion dehydration toilets (UDDT) in particular. The participants came as far as from Malaybalay City, Valencia City, Gingoog City, Ozamiz City, Oroquieta City, Camiguin, and Cagayan de Oro City.

They were guided by “Ecosan Experts” Jed R. Lasmarias, Nolasco G...

Read more 08.08.

New CIM Ecosan Expert at Xavier University

Xavier University’s Ecosan Team will be strengthened by Mr. Robert Gensch, who will start his assignment as Ecological Sanitation Advisor at the Jose P. Rizal School of Medicine under the CIM Junior Expert Program in the first week of August 2008.

As a student of Landscape Planning and Architecture at the Technical University Berlin, Germany, his studies exposed him - among others - to issue...

Read more Comments(0) 30.07.

Ecosan Seminar at the Philippine Port Authority

The Cagayan de Oro Philippine Port Authority (PPA) invited Horacio S. Factura III, Intern of the GTZ Water and Sanitation Program, to give a lecture on ecosan principles and technologies at the occasion of their 34th Anniversary Celebration on July 11, 2008.

Mr. Isidro Botaslac, PPA Engineering Services Division Manager, in his welcome remarks announced that the ecological sanitation concept fits very well into the on-going “Clean, Green, and Blue” program of the PPA. While “Clean”...

Read more Comments(0) 29.07.

XU Kinaadman Research Center Funds New Ecosan Study

The WHO Guidelines for the Safe Use of Excreta in Agriculture suggest that after a dehydration period of six to twelve months, human faeces will not pose any public health danger when used for agricultural purposes. To verify these recommendations under Philippine conditions, Dr. Gina S. Itchon, Dr. Ma Luisa B Tan XU School of Medicine) and Dr. Robert J. Holmer (XU PUVeP), conducted the research

Read more Comments(0) 29.07.

GTZ & PUVeP Conduct Ecosan Reuse Training in Bohol

A two-and-a-half day “Training and Workshop on the Reuse of Ecosan Products and Vermicomposting” was conducted from May 20-22, 2008 at the Soil and Water Conservation Foundation (SWCF) Training Center in Roxas, Bilar, Bohol for users of urine-diversion dehydration toilets (UDDT) which were established in the province of Bohol by the DILG-GTZ Water and Sanitation Program.

Mr. Horacio S. Factura III, Intern of GTZ Water and Sanitation Program, currently assigned at the Periurban Vegetab...

Read more Comments(0) 15.07.

SEI-EcoSanRes Program Validation Workshop

The Ecological Sanitation Research (EcosanRes) Program of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) conducted a “Validation Workshop for the Development of a Knowledge Node for Ecological Sanitation in the Philippines” at the Pearl Garden Hotel in Manila on June 28 2008. The workshop was facilitated by Ms. Elnora de la Rosa, Research Associate, SEI- Asia and Ms. Madeleine Fogde, Capacity Building Manager o...

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PICE conducts “Ecosan for Engineers” Seminar

The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) in cooperation with Xavier University’s Engineering Resource Center and the Ecosan Training & Research Center for Southeast Asia & the Pacific conducted the seminar “Ecosan for Engineers” on June 19, 2008 at the Pearlmont Inn in Cagayan de Oro City. The meeting was attended by almost 80 participants coming from various government agencies like DPWH, PAG-IBIG, NHA, City Health Office, COWD, PPA, O...

Read more 23.06.