Condominial sewerage is the application of

simplified sewerage Simplified sewerage, also called small-bore sewerage, is a sewer system that collects all household wastewater ( blackwater and greywater) in small-diameter pipes laid at fairly flat gradients. Simplified sewers are laid in the front yard or unde ...

coupled with consultations and ongoing interactions between users and agencies during planning and implementation. 2014 (retrieval date), World Health Organization
Sanitation challenge: Turning commitment into reality
Accessed June 9, 2014, "...condominial sewers in Latin America... In Brazil, an alternative approach was developed more than 20 years ago and is now adopted as standard in many cities and towns. Condominial approaches are cheaper to build and operate than conventional systems..." Anurodh Lalit Jain, April 29, 2012, The Hindu
Breaking the sanitation taboo
Accessed June 9, 2014, "...Brazil developed a condominial approach or simplified sewerage to construct water and sewerage networks ... Condominial sewerage is a low-cost sewer system that emphasises on community participation in planning and the maintenance of sewer system at the block level. Brazil quickly operationalised a 1,200-km network of condominial sewers, the largest example of simplified sewerage in the world...." The term is used primarily in

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

, particularly in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, and is derived from the term ''condominio'', which means housing block. From a pure engineering perspective there is no difference between designing a regular

sewage system Sewerage (or sewage system) is the infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff (stormwater, meltwater, rainwater) using sewers. It encompasses components such as receiving drains, manholes, pumping stations, storm overflows, and scree ...

and a condominial one. However, bureaucratically a condominial system includes the participation of the individuals and owners who will be served and can often result in lower costs due to shorter runs of piping. This is achieved by local concentration of sewage from a single "housing block". Thus a number of dwellings are grouped into a "block" known as a condominium. The condominium may share no other aspects of ownership or relation except geographic proximity. In addition, individuals and owners may share a role in the maintenance of the sewers at the block level. For more information se
The Appropriate Sanitation Institute

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