Off-Site Lime Stabilisation as an Option to Treat Pit Latrine Faecal Sludge for Emergency and Existing On-Site Sanitation Systems

Table 6

Total Solids and Volatile Solids during upscaled trial.

Sample ID	Control				Lime treatment
	Initial		Final		Initial		Final
	TS (%)	VS (%)	TS	VS (%)	TS (%)	VS (%)	TS (%)	VS (%)
	2.5%	65.6%	4.48%	65.8%	15.0%	82.1%	18.4%	46.8%
	1.6%	68.1%	2.93%	65.2%	17.0%	79.9%	17.1%	44.7%
	3.4%	75.2%	2.90%	62.1%	13.2%	79.07%	18.1%	48.9%
Average	2.5 ± 0.9	69.7 ± 5.0	3.4 ± 0.9	64.3 ± 2.0	15.1 ± 1.9	80.4 ± 1.6	17.9 ± 0.7	46.8 ± 2.1

, , : Sample 1, Sample 2, and Sample 3, respectively. All samples were sampled from the top of the reactors. TS measurements are given as percentage of wet weight and VS measurements are given as percentage of dry weight.