Before
Full pit toilets with dense solid waste.
Pit toilets & sanitationDownload case study PDF
Diepsloot day care centres — pit toilet sanitation
Dense solid waste in the pit toilets made conventional pumping difficult and costly. This project tested whether weekly biological dosing could digest the waste into an easier, cheaper-to-pump residue.
LocationDiepsloot, Gauteng
Product usedBaczyme Sewage Powder
Project overview
Site challenge and treatment summary.
Dense solid waste in the pit toilets made conventional pumping difficult and costly. This project tested whether weekly biological dosing could digest the waste into an easier, cheaper-to-pump residue.
- Initial problem
- Five day care centres in Diepsloot were experiencing sanitation problems from full pit toilets, requiring difficult conventional pumping.
- Baczyme product used
- Baczyme Sewage Powder
- Dosage
- Baczyme Sewage Powder was applied weekly over a two-week treatment period at the five sites' pit toilets.
- Treatment period
- Two-week programme
Site conditions
What Baczyme was responding to.
- Five day care centres in Diepsloot were involved.
- The system is closed — nothing drains into surrounding soil.
- No laboratory verification is available for this project; evidence is photographic.
Treatment objectives
What the programme aimed to support.
- Digest accumulated solid pit-toilet waste
- Produce a residue safe for irrigating plants
- Reduce pumping cost and difficulty
Before and after
Reported project progression.
These notes summarise the before-and-after information available for this specific Baczyme project.
By week three
Solid waste digested to grey water and carbon dioxide, leaving a residue safe for irrigation.
Reported outcomes
By the third week, accumulated solid waste had been digested into grey water and carbon dioxide, leaving a residue that is easier and cheaper to pump out, and safe for irrigating plants. The system is closed, so nothing drains into the surrounding soil.
No laboratory results are available for this project. Present as a demonstration project only, without percentages or lab claims. Centres are identified by area only, not by name.
Test results or documents
This project has no laboratory verification. Evidence is photographic. It should be presented as a demonstration project, not a measured result — no percentages, no lab references.
Project significance
Why this project matters.
This is a strong social/demonstration story precisely because it is community-facing — the photographs should carry it rather than quantified claims. No identifiable faces of children should be used without written parental consent.
Related product
Baczyme Sewage Powder
Managing a similar sanitation challenge?
Book a site assessment to discuss the system and appropriate treatment approach.
Discuss a similar project