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NEWS 5 Community Plumbing Challenge – the data The international Community Plumbing Challenge aims to contribute to improvements to public health in regions where communities are still threatened by a lack of basic sanitation and safe drinking water systems. Community Plumbing Challenge 2016 combined multidisciplinary teams with a cross-section of expertise, expanding on the skills pathway and career options for plumbing apprentices and professionals in South Africa and around the world. Eight new toilet upgrades Data logging equipment was installed in the new upgraded toilet units for the purposes of mapping people and water usage, which can be compared with the usage data from non-upgraded toilets recorded during the 2014 sanitation studio. Eight defunct communal toilets were plucked from the ground in Diepsloot Extension 1 (and replaced with new and improved toilets as upgraded by the WASSUP team), where four international student teams (representing Australia, India, United States, and South Africa) will now collaborate to develop the most effective and sustainable new upgrade solutions. The toilet units that were upgraded during CPC2016. Continued on page 7 >> Health and the Diepsloot Sanitation Project www.plumbingafrica.co.za July 2017 Volume 23 I Number 5