WASSUP Diepsloot, Report March 2019

3. OUTCOMES
FIGURE 26: Jack Molokomme of WASSUP repairing toilets in Diepsloot, Extension 1.
3.3 Results
10
upgraded
toilets
Saved
1.6million
litres of water
In
42
days
Lead by Healthabitat, water metre
readings and data collection
became part of the WASSUP team’s
routine, with the raw data sent to
Healthabitat for external monitoring
and analysis.
34 water metres were installed in
different programs in 2014, 2015
and 2016.
■ 20 metres were installed in
2014 during the first water data
collection period, in collaboration
between World Skills Foundation
plumbers and Healthabitat. 10
toilets were repaired and had
metres installed, and 10 toilets
only had metres installed –
although the galvanized pipe was
so deteriorated that in some of
the control group, the piping had
to be replaced in some instances.
■ 2 metres were installed in 2015
during a program to look at
furthering the collaboration
between Healthabitat and
WASSUP, with assistance
from IAPMO and World Skills
foundation. Both metres were
installed in upgraded toilets
during the program, which
also looked at fitting quality
(cistern, tap, basin, and other)
parts to find the longest lasting
products in the conditions of that
neighbourhood.
■ 12 metres were installed in 2016
during the CPC program into
fully upgraded toilet units, which
included replacing the concrete
structure.
The below data is provided from
Healthabitat in collaboration with
IAPMO, who as a team provided
data input and analysis services, with
WASSUP collecting metre reading
data. Most of the below information
can be found in the Healthabitat
close out report, and data is available
on request. 6
In the first 42 days these 20
water meters were read 29 times
(11.MAR.2018 first reading at 0 to
FIGURE 27 & 28: WASSUP’s administrator,
Princess Zondi, manning the reporting
counter where residents report
emergency repairs..
24.APR.2018). The readings show
the difference between the improved
toilet/tap points and the control
group, with an average difference
per toilet of over 4,000 litres per
day (See Figure 18). This means that
10 upgraded toilets saved 1.6million
litres of water in 42 days. This could
mean around 2.5million litres of
unnecessarily wasted water per day
passes through the 642 toilets/taps
in Extension 1, if the poor existing
hardware in not improved.
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