![map-innoqua-demo-site-tanzania](https://i0.wp.com/innoqua-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/map-innoqua-demo-site-tanzania.png?fit=638%2C365&ssl=1)
Tanzania: INNOQUA demo site in Mlalakuwa
Mlalakuwa sub-ward is located in the eastern part of Dar es Salaam. It has a population of 19,000 people living in approximately 1,000 households. Nearly 80% of the population use pit latrines (35%) and septic tanks (45%) as the main form of sanitation. Most of these facilities are emptied using illegal or unsafe practices, such as manual emptying with a bucket, “flooding out” or direct discharge to nearby water sources.
Beneficiaries
The INNOQUA system will treat the wastewater from five households and will benefit 37 people from a middle and low-income community. The treated wastewater will be used for irrigation of an existing banana plantation.
![INNOQUA demo site Tanzania household connected to septic tank in Mlalakuwa](https://i1.wp.com/innoqua-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/demo-site-Tanzania-household-connected-to-septic-tank-in-Mlalakuwa.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1)
![Mlalakua: Outdoor cooking area at at an INNOQUA household](https://i0.wp.com/innoqua-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dem-site-household-connected-to-the-INNOQUA-system.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1)
INNOQUA System
Design Capacity: 1.5m3/day
Source of Wastewater: Toilets and shower
Specific Scientific Research Objectives:
To assess the potential for Tanzania’s sanitation sector to transition towards sustainability, through the integration of innovative decentralised sanitation systems with safe re-use of treated wastewater.
Configuration:
In Tanzania the INNOQUA system consists of a lumbrifilter, daphniafilter and UV lamp, installed on the outflow from a septic tank.
![INNOQUA demo site in Mlalakua: Pit for lumbrifilter](https://i1.wp.com/innoqua-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/demo-site-Tanzania-construction.jpg?fit=900%2C506&ssl=1)
![Mlakakua demo site: Pit for daphniafilter](https://i0.wp.com/innoqua-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/demo-site-Tanzania-pit-for-daphniafilter.jpg?fit=900%2C506&ssl=1)
![INNOQUA-schematic-lumbri-daphnia-UV](https://i0.wp.com/innoqua-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/INNOQUA-schematic-lumbri-daphnia-UV.png?fit=1095%2C429&ssl=1)
Location:
Mlalakuwa sub-ward
Kinondoni district
(Close to JW military base and Mwenge market)
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
For questions or to arrange a site visit, please contact:
Evelyn Herrera Lopera
Research Assistant at BORDA Tanzania
herrera@borda.org