Use and user satisfaction associated with seven communal toilet facilities in Bhopal, India Introduction

Introduction During November 2008 an exploratory study was carried out in seven poverty pockets in Bhopal, India. It looked at patterns of use of communal latrine facilities in areas where household sanitation options are limited and open defecation is still practised. Poverty pockets were selected so as to include three different models of communal latrine management (municipal, Sulabh pay-touse and community managed pay-to-use) and to cover settlements of different size. Data were collected by enumerators from a local NGO, the Advocacy of Alternative Resources, Action, Mobilization and Brotherhood (AARAMBH) to determine use and user satisfaction.