Organic Waste Recycling

58 Organic waste recycling: technology and management

Concentration per liter in town sewage

b 5,000 7,000 1,000 4,500 600 32 1

Total excreted daily by town

2.5 × 10

11

3.5 × 10

11

5 × 10

10

2.25 × 10

11

3 × 10

10

1.6 × 10

9

5 × 10

7

Total excreted daily per infected person

c

10

8

10

8

10

8

15 × 10

6

10

6

8 × 10

4

4 × 10

3

Average number of organisms per gram of feces

b^10

6

10

6

10

6

15 × 10

4

10

4f

800

f

40

f

Prevalence of infection in country (percentage)

a

(^57130604025)
Pathogen Viruses Enteroviruses
d
Bacteria Salmonella
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Vibrio cholerae Protozoa Entamoeba histolytica Helminths Ascaris lumbricoides Hookworms
g
Table 2.22 Possible output of selected pathogens in the feces and sewage of a tropical community of 50,000 in a developing countr Schistosoma mansoni
y