Vermifilter toilet

Vermifilter toilet, also known as a primary vermifilter, vermidigester toilet, tiger toilet[1][2] or tiger worm toilet,[3] is an on-site sanitation system in which human excreta are delivered from a toilet (usually by flushing) onto a medium containing a worm-based ecosystem. Faecal solids are trapped on the surface of the vermifilter where digestion takes place.[2] Liquids typically flow through drainage media, before the effluent is infiltrated into the soil.[2]

  1. ^ Furlong, C.; Gibson, W. T.; Templeton, M. R.; Taillade, M.; Kassam, F.; Crabb, G.; Goodsell, R.; McQuilkin, J.; Oak, A.; Thakar, G.; Kodgire, M. (2015-11-26). "The development of an onsite sanitation system based on vermifiltration: the 'Tiger Toilet'". Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 5 (4): 608–613. doi:10.2166/washdev.2015.167. hdl:10044/1/31477. ISSN 2043-9083.
  2. ^ a b c Furlong, C.; Gibson, W. T.; Oak, A.; Thakar, G.; Kodgire, M.; Patankar, R. (2016-04-01). "Technical and user evaluation of a novel worm-based, on-site sanitation system in rural India". Waterlines. 35 (2): 148–162. doi:10.3362/1756-3488.2016.013. ISSN 0262-8104.
  3. ^ Furlong, C.; Lamb, J.; Bastable, A. (2017). Learning from Oxfam's Tiger Worm Toilets projects. 40th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough, UK.