Management options for public toilets in Liuzhou, China

Water and Sanitation Feature Story Management Options for Public Toilets35752 in Liuzhou, China #5 February 2006 In China, about 40 percent of the need to expand from 250 to 420 public China at a glance country's population resides in its 660 toilet facilities, (each containing from 4 cities, generating 60 percent of its GDP. to 15 seats) by 2010. These need to be 15 years from now, more than half of properly distributed across the city. In China will live in cities, generating addition, three fourths of the existing tremendous demand for urban toilets are more than a decade old, and infrastructure. This includes not only need to be replaced. conventional water supply and sanitation services, but also the frequently used (and oft-neglected) What is a Public Toilet? public toilet facilities. The World Bank is assisting Liuzhou, a booming city in Southwest China, with the implementation of the Liuzhou Population: 1.3 billion; Environment Management Project 38% urban,; 62% rural, (LZEMP), comprising USD 205.60 million 0.6% annual growth rate of investments. The program has a Surface area: 9,598,000 component that addresses municipal Km2 sanitation, which includes $8.82 million Life Expectancy: 70.8 for public toilets. In addition, LZEMP is years also investing in institutional development and capacity building, GNI per Capita: 1,290 including technical assistance to USD promote public-private partnerships for In Liuzhou "public toilets" includes a Human Development public toilets. The World Bank range of facilities, with anywhere from 4 to 15 separate seats, with varying Index ranking: 85 out of assistance builds on experience in degrees of quality. The term 177 countries Kenya and India. encompasses smaller portable toilets, % below the basic needs large community toilets, and poverty line: 4.6% Liuzhou rises to the Challenge everything else in between. % with improved water Liuzhou's present population of 1.3 access: 77% million is expected to grow to 1.5 million % with improved by 2010. It is the largest industrial Existing Public Toilet Management sanitation access: 92% center of Guanxi Province, and a major in Liuzhou regional hub for trade, and transport. Currently, there are three management Rapid urban population growth and arrangements for public toilets in Liuzhou at a Glance industrial and economic development Liuzhou. The "loss-making" toilets are have strained Liuzhou's already maintained by sub-city District