Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationGlobal Grand Challenges
  • Grant Opportunities
  • Challenges
  • Awards
  • Champions
  • Partnerships
  • News
  • About

Decentralized Next Generation Sanitation for Diarrheal Pathogens

James Blackburn of Southern Illinois University in the U.S. will test a wind turbine-driven sanitation system for its ability to raise and maintain temperatures in an insulated container for the removal of pathogens in human waste. The technology could be used in developing countries in the temperate or equatorial zones to reduce the occurrence of diarrheal diseases.

More information about Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies (Round 6)