Low Cost and Affordable Innovation
‘NEERFLUSH’ and ‘NEERSWACHH’
for Swachh Bharat Mission
Sushant B. Wath
Abstract Globally, ‘One in Seven’ people have ‘NO’ choice but to defecate
in the open, and about 2.3 billion people still live without improved sanitation
(WHO/UNICEF in Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene update and
SDG baselines 2017, 2017). Although, India has made big progress since 2014 after
the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission, still about 40% of the population lacks any
kind of proper sanitation facility (Source: WaterAid’s Report in Out of order the state
of World’s Toilets 2017, 2017). The poor and lack of sanitation facility would lead
to various associated health diseases and is the main reason for the 99.8% deaths due
to ‘Diarrhoea’, which occurs in developing countries of which 90% are children’s.
Thus, there is a great need for developing the proper sanitation facility in the ‘Rural’
as well as ‘Urban’ areas, and more importantly keeping it clean and hygienic, in
order to enhance its usability. CSIR-NEERI have developed sanitation technologies
‘NEERFLUSH’ and ‘NEERSWACHH’, which offers low cost and affordable solution for improving sanitation facility, and overcomes limitations/drawbacks of the
existing technologies. The user perception questionnaire study conducted for the
installed unit’s shows 98% of the regular users were highly satisfied with the overall
performance of the ‘NEERFLUSH’ with reference to improvement in cleanliness,
hygiene, and smell problem.
Keywords Sanitation · Urinal · Toilet · Flusher
1 Introduction
Globally, ‘One in Seven’ people have ‘NO’ choice but to defecate in the open, and
about 2.3 billion people live without improved sanitation (WHO/UNICEF 2017).
In India, about 40% of the population lacks any kind of proper sanitation facility,
although India has made big progress since 2014, after the launch of Swachh Bharat
Mission (Source: WaterAid’s Report 2017). The condition is worst in the rural areas
S. B. Wath (B)
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI),
Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440020, India
e-mail: sb_wath@neeri.res.in
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
S. K. Ghosh (ed.), Solid Waste Policies and Strategies: Issues, Challenges
and Case Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1543-9_11
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‘NEERFLUSH’ and ‘NEERSWACHH’
for Swachh Bharat Mission
Sushant B. Wath
Abstract Globally, ‘One in Seven’ people have ‘NO’ choice but to defecate
in the open, and about 2.3 billion people still live without improved sanitation
(WHO/UNICEF in Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene update and
SDG baselines 2017, 2017). Although, India has made big progress since 2014 after
the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission, still about 40% of the population lacks any
kind of proper sanitation facility (Source: WaterAid’s Report in Out of order the state
of World’s Toilets 2017, 2017). The poor and lack of sanitation facility would lead
to various associated health diseases and is the main reason for the 99.8% deaths due
to ‘Diarrhoea’, which occurs in developing countries of which 90% are children’s.
Thus, there is a great need for developing the proper sanitation facility in the ‘Rural’
as well as ‘Urban’ areas, and more importantly keeping it clean and hygienic, in
order to enhance its usability. CSIR-NEERI have developed sanitation technologies
‘NEERFLUSH’ and ‘NEERSWACHH’, which offers low cost and affordable solution for improving sanitation facility, and overcomes limitations/drawbacks of the
existing technologies. The user perception questionnaire study conducted for the
installed unit’s shows 98% of the regular users were highly satisfied with the overall
performance of the ‘NEERFLUSH’ with reference to improvement in cleanliness,
hygiene, and smell problem.
Keywords Sanitation · Urinal · Toilet · Flusher
1 Introduction
Globally, ‘One in Seven’ people have ‘NO’ choice but to defecate in the open, and
about 2.3 billion people live without improved sanitation (WHO/UNICEF 2017).
In India, about 40% of the population lacks any kind of proper sanitation facility,
although India has made big progress since 2014, after the launch of Swachh Bharat
Mission (Source: WaterAid’s Report 2017). The condition is worst in the rural areas
S. B. Wath (B)
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI),
Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440020, India
e-mail: sb_wath@neeri.res.in
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
S. K. Ghosh (ed.), Solid Waste Policies and Strategies: Issues, Challenges
and Case Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1543-9_11
127