
Author(s): IDB, D&A and EP
Published in: 2022
Pages: 59
Publisher: IDB, D&A and EP
SFD Report Punta del Diablo, Uruguay
Punta del Diablo is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Uruguay in the department of Rocha. The city is made up of six large sub-divisions: Punta del Diablo, Coronilla del Mar, Aldea del Mar, Santa Teresa de la Coronilla, Parque Santa Teresa and Santa Teresa (D&A and EP, 2021). For this report, a total population of 23,128 is estimated. Comprising a resident population of 2,000 people and a floating or summer population of 21,128 people (D&A and EP, 2021).
The SFD graphic shows that 30% of the safely managed excreta comes from: faecal sludge contained but not emptied from onsite systems (22%) and faecal sludge from septic tanks connected to a WWTP (wetland) which is treated and faecal sludge emptied and delivered to treatment from the rest of the tanks (7%). 70% of the unsafely managed excreta comes from: faecal sludge not treated due to the efficiency of the treatment systems (1%); wastewater not delivered to treatment coming from toilets connected to "don't know where" (1%), faecal sludge emptied but not delivered to treatment (63%) and faecal sludge not contained and not emptied (5%).
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