HomeBiogas & Salvadorian Authority of Water Install Innovative Bio-toilets

Transforming an area with limited access to traditional sanitation and risk of disease transmission to a better create a better quality of life and overall health.

HomeBiogas has installed Bio-toilets in rural areas in El Salvador that do not have infrastructure sufficient for toilets.The HomeBiogas Bio-toilet looks like a regular toilet, flushes like a regular toilet, but does not require a sewage connection or a water pipe. The waste deposited into the Bio-toilet is turned into renewable energy, biogas, which is used for cooking instead of cooking on wood and open fire. Recently, HomeBiogas and the Salvadorian Authority of water (ASA) have installed dozens of HomeBiogas Bio-toilets in rural homes in Suchitoto in Cuscatlán Department and Zaragoza, La Libertad Department as a community infrastructure building project. Salvadoran Authority of Water (ASA), who are in charge of improving water resources and developing projects to stop contaminating aquifers, along with Cecsa, which are improving sanitation and preventing water contamination, initiated the project.

“HomeBiogas is expanding in LATAM, as a decentralized solution that fits perfectly in places that need it the most where infrastructures are limited”, says Oshik Efrat, CEO of HomeBiogas. “We believe waste is a resource that should be used to create renewable energy, and wish to teach children these solutions for the future generation to learn the great value in turning waste into energy or fertilizer. Governments around the world are looking for innovative solutions to manage their waste and sanitation, and we are proud that El Salvador chose HomeBiogas as their preferred solution.” 

HomeBiogas will be supplying HomeBiogas systems to 600 schools in El Salvador in order to provide basic sanitation and renewable energy. This will provide national sanitation solutions in hundreds of El-Salvador schools with limited infrastructure. The systems will convert human waste to clean cooking gas. The systems include HomeBiogas Bio-Toilets, which turn human waste into renewable energy that can be used for clean cooking. While flush toilets use an average of 9 liters per flush, the HomeBiogas Bio-Toilet only requires 1.2 liters, meaning that these toilets can save up to 80% of water with every flush. The Bio-Toilets are off-grid and do not require a sewerage connection, thus preventing groundwater contamination.

“The installation of HomeBiogas’ Bio-Toilets have already brought significant improvement to El Salvadorian people who are enjoying improved sanitation conditions, while no more insects and roaches are surrounding the toilet area. An additional vast advantage is that these families can now cook on biogas which is clean energy and do not nee to cook on open fire which causes breathing problems. HomeBiogas is happy to work with ASA and Cecsa on this life-changing project.”

Ileana Paula, HomeBiogas’ distributor in El Salvador.