<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Hi,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Apologies if I started this conversation on the HOT list instead of here. I have been away for a while and my protocol is rusty.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I believe that Watsan will stand for Water/Sanitation. It was probably an experiment by someone new. </span><br><span></span><br><span>I also stated that 850 million people open defecate, but they are likely to use 10 different places a year. This was an unclear guesstimate. Apologies</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Proper Details here</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.unicef.org/wash/files/UNICEF_Game_plan_to_end_open_defecation_2018.pdf">https://www.unicef.org/wash/files/UNICEF_Game_plan_to_end_open_defecation_2018.pdf</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">For UN Sustainable development goal 6</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6">https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">There is a community of people that are interested in hygiene: they are inspired by the famous broad street pump that was the first time cholera was spread by dirty water</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This was made possible because they had a map.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">My inspiration is that if there is a map of Open Defication Areas(ODA) then it will inspire communities to do something about it.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">My personal favourite is using solar power to dry the faeces reducing the pathogen load, then burning it in a low oxygen environment to kill the last pathogens at 600C, this makes biochar/charcol. This makes a great soil additive, it has a large surface area, absorbs water and doesn’t degrade. This is carbon sequestration. Urine which is sterile makes an excellent fertiliser.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Before this I need Open Defecation = yes for an area and a point rendered on the humanitarian Openstreetmap tile set. I know that people will be inspired to make this map and therefore add to the rest of the important features of the map.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am happy to make the proposal but I wanted to check if it is acceptable to the community first.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">shall I go ahead with the proposal?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cheers</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bob</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></body></html>