BetaBetaDataset
To provide demographic, environmental, technical, physical, chemical, and biological data on non-sewered sanitation containment systems based on fieldwork conducted in Southern Coastal British Columbia, Canada, and Kampala, Uganda.
The fecalcanuga dataset package contains data collected during five months of fieldwork: April–June 2023 in Southern Coastal British Columbia, Canada, and January–February 2024 in Kampala, Uganda. The study collected household and commercial non-sewered sanitation containment data from 22 sites in Southern Coastal British Columbia and 19 sites in Kampala, characterizing sanitation systems and their physical, chemical, environmental, and biological properties.
The package provides three datasets. The containment dataset contains 41 observations describing technical characteristics of sampled non-sewered sanitation containments, including containment size and volume, sludge depth, fecal-sludge volume, accumulation rate, and scum depth. The household_survey dataset contains 41 observations and 39 variables covering demographic, operational, maintenance, technical, and environmental characteristics of the sampled locations, including establishment type, number of users, containment type and lining, toilet type, wastewater sources, water connections, containment age, emptying practices, and presence of solid waste. The phys_chem_parameter dataset contains 119 observations and 29 variables covering measurements taken at different vertical depths within the sampled containments, including temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, oxidation-reduction potential, electrical conductivity, chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, nitrogen and phosphorus parameters, total organic carbon, total and volatile solids, sand content, and suspended solids
Data were collected through field investigations of household and commercial non-sewered sanitation containment systems. The containment dataset records technical measurements of the sampled systems, while household and institutional information was collected through surveys. Physical, chemical, and biological parameters were measured in situ and analyzed in the laboratory at different vertical locations within the containment systems, identified as the top, middle, and bottom.