Decentralized wastewater system practices in developing countries: A systematic review

Happison Muzioreva; Trynos Gumbo; Neema Kavishe; Thembani Moyo; Innocent Musonda

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2022.101442

Decentralized wastewater system practices in developing countries: A systematic review

Happison Muzioreva, Trynos Gumbo, Neema Kavishe, Thembani Moyo, Innocent Musonda

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Abstract

Decentralized wastewater systems (DWWSs) are an alternative to the ever-expanding sanitation problems in developing countries. This systematic review aims to identify the decentralized wastewater management system practices in developing countries. The PRISMA methodology and the archival research methods were used to identify papers published in the last 20 years through Scopus and Google Scholar. The results showed that about 45% of the studies conducted performance analyses of different types of decentralized wastewater systems, indicating a relatively average rate of practice and implementation of decentralization in various developing countries, even though there are constraints that hinder the adoption of the systems.

Original language	English
Article number	101442
Journal	Utilities Policy
Volume	79
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2022.101442
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

Keywords

Decentralized wastewater systems
Developing countries
Wastewater treatment

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Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
General Energy
Economics and Econometrics
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
Law
Business and International Management
Transportation
Sociology and Political Science

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