Tsabtace muhalli, Wanda akafi rage shi a matsayinechoan (wanda aka rubutaeco-san koEcoSan), wata hanya ce ta samar da tsabta wanda keda niyyar sake amfani da datti a aikinnoma. Hanya ce, maimakon fasaha ko na'urar dake nuna sha'awar "kulle madauki", galibi dan abubuwan gina jiki da kwayoyin halitta tsakanin tsaftacewa da aikin gona cikin Abinci. Ɗaya daga cikin manufofi shine rage amfani da albarkatun da ba za a iya sabuntawa ba. Lokacin da aka tsara shi da kyau kuma akayi amfani dashi, tsarin ecosan yana samar da tsarin lafiya mai tsabta don canza datti na mutum zuwa abubuwan gina jiki don a mayar dasu cikin ƙasa, da ruwa dan a mayarwa ƙasa. Ecosan kuma ana kiranta tsabtace tsabtace ruwa.
Ma'anar ecosan tana mai da hankali kan kiwon lafiya, muhalli da kuma fannin albarkatu na tsaftacewa mai ɗorewa. Don haka ecosan ba, da kansa, tsabtace muhalli ba ne, amma ana iya aiwatar da tsarin ecosan a hanyar da ta dace kuma suna da damar da za a iya amfani da ita don tsabtace mujalli, idan an kula da fannoni na fasaha, na ma'aikata, na zamantakewa da na tattalin arziki yadda ya kamata. Tsarin muhalli na iya zama "maras dorewa" misali idan akwai karamin karɓar mai amfani ko kuma idan farashin tsarin ya yi yawa ga ƙungiyar masu amfani da aka basu, yana sa tsarin bazai iya jurewa ba a cikin dogon lokaci. [ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span>]
Kafin shekara ta 2012, ana danganta ecosan da sauye-sauyen fitsari kuma musamman tare da bayan gida mai bushewa (UDDTs), wani nau'in bayan gida mai busasshiyar fitsari. Saboda wannan dalili, ana amfani da kalmar "haske na muhalli" a ko'ina lokacin da mutane ke nufin UDDT.[1] Koyaya, ra'ayin ecoan bai kamata a iyakance shi ga wani nau'in bayan gida ba. Har ila yau, ana iya amfani da UDDTs ba tare da samun wani ayyukan sake amfani ba a wannan yanayin basu da layi tare da ra'ayin ecosan (misali shine UDDTs 80,000 da eThekwini Municipality ta aiwatar kusa da Durban, Afirka ta Kudu).[2]
An fara amfani da kalmar "ecosan" a shekarar 1995 kuma aikin farko ya fara ne a shekarar 1996 a Habasha, ta wata kungiya mai zaman kanta da ake kira Sudea. Uku, Dokta Torsten Modig, Jami'ar Umeå, Almaz Terrefe, jagora, da Gunder Edström, masanin tsabta, sun zaɓi wani yanki a cikin birni mai yawa a matsayin farawa. Sunyi amfani da bayan gida mai bushewa (UDDTs) tare da ayyukan sake amfani. [ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2017)">citation needed</span>]
A cikin ra'ayi na ecosan, ana ɗaukar datti na mutum da ruwan sharar gida a matsayin wata hanya mai yuwuwa - wanda shine dalilin da yasa aka kira shi "tsarkakewa mai ma'ana". An kuma yi amfani da kalmar nan "tsarkakewa mai amfani" tun daga shekara ta 2006. [ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span>]
Ma'anar ecosan ya bambanta a baya. A cikin shekara ta 2012, masana Sweden sun tsara ma'anar ecosan da aka yarda da ita: "Tsarin tsabtace muhalli tsarin ne wanda ke ba da damar sake amfani da abubuwan gina jiki don samar da amfanin gona ta hanyar da ake rage amfani da albarkatun da ba za a iya sabuntawa ba. Wadannan tsarin suna da damar zama tsarin tsabtace mujallu mai ɗorewa idan ana sarrafa al'amuran fasaha, hukumomi, zamantakewa da tattalin arziki yadda ya kamata. "
Babban manufofin tsaftacewa na muhalli shine rage haɗarin kiwon lafiya dake da alaƙa da tsaftacewa, gurɓataccen ruwa da sharar gida; don hana gurɓatawar ruwa da gurɓata ruwan sama; da kuma sake amfani da abubuwan gina jiki ko makamashi dake cikin sharar gida.
Sanarwar a cikin ma'anar ecosan zuwa "maidowa mai aminci" ya haɗa da fannoni na tsabta, microbial da sunadarai. Don haka, samfurin da aka sake amfani dashi, a cikin tsari mai ƙarfi ko ruwa, zai kasance mai inganci sosai game da pathogens da kowane irin sinadarai masu haɗari. Sanarwar "amfani da albarkatun da baza'a iya sabuntawa ba" yana nufin cewa ribar albarkatun ta hanyar sake amfani zaifi girma fiye da farashin albarkatun hanyar sake amfani. [ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span>]
Ecosan ya dogara ne akan ra'ayi na gaba ɗaya na kayan aiki a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin kula da ruwa mai ɗorewa na muhalli da tattalin arziki wanda aka tsara don bukatun masu amfani da kuma yanayin yankin. Ba'asan takamaiman fasahar tsabtace muhalli, amma wani falsafar ne a cikin sarrafa abubuwa waɗanda har zuwa yanzu an gani kawai a matsayin ruwa mai guba da ruwa mai gubawa don zubar da su.
Masu goyon bayan farko na tsarin ecosan suna da karfi sosai kan kara yawan aikin gona (ta hanyar sake amfani da turare a matsayin taki) kuma ta haka ne inganta matsayin abinci mai gina jiki na mutane a lokaci guda kamar samar musu da tsabta mai aminci.[1] Ana nufin rage cututtukan ba kawai ta hanyar rage cututsin da aka watsa ta hanyar hanyar magunguna ba harma da rage Rashin abinci mai gina jiki a cikin yara. Wannan alaƙa tsakanin WASH, abinci mai gina jiki, cuta da ake kira entero-pathic na muhalli (ko entero-potical) da kuma raguwar cigaban yara ya tashi zuwa saman ajanda na sashin WASH tun daga kimanin 2013.[2]
Gwaje-gwaje na aikin gona a duniya sun nuna fa'idodi masu ma'ana na amfani da datti a cikin aikin gona a matsayin taki da mai daidaita ƙasa. Wannan ya shafi musamman ga amfani dafitsari. Gwaje-gwaje na sake amfani aZimbabwe sun nuna sakamako mai kyau don amfani da fitsari a kan kore, tsire-tsire masu ganye kamar spinach ko masara da itatuwan 'ya'yan itace.[3][4] Wani binciken da akayi a Finland ya nuna cewa amfani da fitsari da amfani da fitsarin da toka na itace "zai iya samar da kashi 27% da 10% fiye da tushen beet".[5] An tabbatar da fitsari a cikin karatu da yawa don zama mai mahimmanci, mai sauƙin sarrafa taki, wanda ke dauke da nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium da mahimman micro-nutrients.[6]
Wani bangare da tsarin ecosan ke ƙoƙarin magance shine yiwuwar karancin phosphorus mai zuwa.[7] Phosphorus yana da muhimmiyar rawa ga cigaban shuka, sabili da haka a cikin samar da taki, amma iyakantaccen ma'adinai ne.[8] Yanayin yayi kama da potassium. Sanannun ma'adanai na dutsen phosphate suna zama da ƙarancin gaske kuma suna da tsada don cirewa - wannan kuma ana kiransa "mafi girman phosphorus". Wani bita na samar da phosphate na duniya ya bada shawarar cewa idan an tattara shi, phosphate a cikin fitsari na iya samar da kashi 22% na jimlar buƙata.[9]
Fa'idodin tsarin ecosan sun haɗa da:
An soki tsarin ecosan saboda mayar da hankali sosai kan sake amfani dashi a aikin gona, yayin da yake watsi da wasu ka'idojin tsaftacewa mai ɗorewa. A zahiri, tsarin ecosan na iya zama "maras dorewa", alal misali, idan akwai karamin karɓar mai amfani ko kuma idan farashin tsarin yayi yawa ga ƙungiyar masu amfani da aka bashi, yana sa tsarin bazai iya jurewa ba a cikin dogon lokaci. [ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span>]
Wasu masu goyon bayan ecosan an soki su da yawa, tare da karfafawa kan kare albarkatun muhalli maimakon mayar da hankali kan kare lafiyar jama'a da samar da tsaftacewa a farashi mai rahusa (misali UDDTs, wanda wasu mutane ke kira "wasu dakuna na muhalli", na iya zama mafi tsada don gina fiye da latrines, koda kuwa a cikin dogon lokaci sunfi arha don kiyayewa). [ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span>]
Tsaro na tsarin ecosan dangane da lalacewar pathogen a lokacin matakai daban-daban na magani shine batun ci gaba na muhawara tsakanin masu goyon baya da masu adawa da tsarin ecosan. Koyaya, bugawa na Jagororin WHO game da sake amfani, tare da ra'ayinsa mai yawa, yayi dogon lokaci wajen kafa tsarin gama gari don sake amfani da aminci.[10] Duk da haka, tambayar ta kasance ko ana iya daidaita tsarin ecosan don isa ga miliyoyin mutane da kuma yadda za a iya sanya su cikin aminci don aiki. Farin ciki na farko a farkon shekarun 2000 ta hanyar masu gabatarwa sun canza zuwa fahimtar cewa canza halayen da halayen cikin tsafta yana ɗaukar haƙuri mai yawa.
Acknowledgement for ecosan came with the awarding of the Stockholm Water Prizein 2013 to Peter Morgan, a pioneer of handpumps and ventilated pit latrines (VIPs) in addition to ecosan-type toilets (the Arborloo, the Skyloo[11] and the Fossa alterna). Peter Morgan is renowned as one of the leading creators and proponents of ecological sanitation solutions, which enable the safe reuse of human excreta to enhance soil quality and crop production. His ecosan-type toilets are now in use in countries across the globe, centred on converting a sanitary problem into a productive resource.[12]
Har ila yau, yawancin ayyukan bincike da Gidauniyar Bill da Melinda Gates ke tallafawa tun daga shekara ta 2011 a cikin tsaftacewa suna hulɗa da dawo da albarkatu - wannan na iya zama gado na ra'ayin ecosan, koda kuwa waɗannan masu bincike basu amfani da kalmar "ecosan" ba.
Ecosan yana bada tsari mai sassauƙa, inda za'a iya haɗa abubuwa masu tsakiya tare da waɗanda aka rarraba, ruwa mai tsabta tare da tsabtace ruwa, fasaha mai zurfi tare da ƙananan fasaha, da dai sauransu. Ta hanyar la'akari da zaɓuɓɓuka masu yawa, za'a mën a haɓaka mafita mafi kyau da tattalin arziki don kowane yanayi.[13] Fasahar da aka yi amfani da ita a cikin tsarin ecosan sau da yawa - amma ba koyaushe ba - sun haɗa da abubuwa na rabuwa da tushe, watau adana raƙuman sharar gida daban-daban, saboda wannan na iya sauƙaƙa magani da sake amfani da aminci.
Fasahar da akafi amfani da ita a cikin tsarin ecosan shine gidan wanka mai bushewa, amma tsarin ecosan na iya amfani da wasu fasahohi, kamar ɗakunan wanka da aka haɗa da tsire-tsire na biogas, wuraren da aka gina, ɗakunan wanki da sauransu.
Ana iya samun misalai na ayyukan ecosan a duk duniya a cikin jerin da GIZ ta buga a cikin 2012, da kuma a cikin waɗannan binciken da Sustainable Sanitation Alliance ta buga waɗanda ke mai da hankali kan ayyukan sake amfani.[14][15]
Farfadowa da amfani da fitsari da datti a cikin "tsarin tsabtace ruwa", watau ba tare da magudanar ruwa ba ko kuma ba tare da haɗuwa da ruwa mai yawa tare da datti ba, kusan dukkanin al'adu sun yi hakan. Sake amfani ba a iyakance shi ga samar da aikin gona ba.Romawa, alal misali, sun san halayyar ammoniya a cikin fitsari kuma sunyi amfani dashii don farfadowa da tufafi.[16]
Yawancin al'ummomin noma na gargajiya sun fahimci darajar sharar mutum don amfanin ƙasa kuma sun yi amfani da tarin "ƙasa" da sake amfani da turare. Wannan ya ba su damar rayuwa a cikin al'ummomin da aka mayar da abubuwan gina jiki da kwayoyin dake cikin datti zuwa ƙasa. Bayanan tarihi game da waɗannan ayyukan basu da yawa, amma ansan cewa an sake amfani da excreta a ko'ina a Asiya (alal misali a China, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Koriya) amma kuma a Tsakiya da Kudancin Amurka. Koyaya, sanannen misali na tarin da aka shirya da kuma amfani da turaren mutum don tallafawa samar da abinci shine na kasar Sin. An gane darajar "ƙasa ta dare" a matsayin taki tare da tsarin da aka inganta sosai don bada damar tattara turare daga birane da jigilar ta zuwa filayen. Sinawa sun san fa'idodin amfani da turare a cikin samar da amfanin gona sama da shekaru 2500 da suka gabata, wanda yabasu damar cigaba da samun mutane da yawa a mafi girma fiye da kowane tsarin noma.[16]
A Mexico al'adun Aztec sun tattara turaren mutum don amfani da aikin gona. Ɗaya daga cikin misalai na wannan aikin an rubuta shi ga birnin Aztec na Tenochtitlan wanda aka kafa a cikin 1325 kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin biranen ƙarshe na Mexico kafin Hispanic (wanda Mutanen Espanya suka ci nasara a cikin 1521): Jama'a sun sanya murkushewa a cikin jiragen ruwa na musamman da aka rataye a tashar jiragen ruwa a kusa da birnin. An yi amfani da cakuda da datti don shayar da chinampas (gidan noma) ko don ƙarfafa bankunan da ke kan iyakar tafkin. An tattara fitsari a cikin kwantena a cikin dukkan gidaje, sannan a gauraya shi da laka kuma a yi amfani dashi azaman launi. Aztecs sun fahimci muhimmancin sake amfani da abubuwan gina jiki da mahadi dake cikin ruwa mai guba.[17]
A Peru, Incas suna da babban girmamawa ga datti a matsayin taki, wanda aka adana, bushewa kuma aka yayyafa don amfani dashi yayin shuka masara.[18]
A tsakiyar zamanai, amfani da excreta da greywater a cikin samar da aikin gona ya zama al'ada. Biranen Turai suna saurin birane kuma tsabtace muhalli ya zama matsala mai tsanani, yayin da a lokaci guda biranen da kansu suka zama tushen tushen abinci mai gina jiki. Ayyukan amfani da abubuwan gina jiki kai tsaye a cikin datti da ruwa mai guba don noma don haka ya ci gaba a Turai har zuwa tsakiyar karni na 19. Manoma, da suka fahimci darajar turare, suna da sha'awar samun waɗannan taki don kara yawan samarwa da tsabtace birane.[16] Wannan aikin kuma ana kiransa Manomi na gong a Ingila amma yana da haɗarin kiwon lafiya da yawa ga waɗanda ke da hannu tare da jigilar datti da laka.
Baya ga amfani kai tsaye, an kuma sarrafa excreta don samar da sunadarai masu tsabta. Yin amfani da nitraries da gadajen nitre, mutum yana cire nitrogen a ciki a matsayin potassium nitrate (KNO3), babban sinadarin a cikin gunpowder.[19] KNO3 kuma tana da alhakin gano nitric acid a karni na 17.[20]
Hanyoyin gargajiya na tsaftacewa da sake amfani da turare sun cigaba a sassa daban-daban na duniya na ƙarni da yawa kuma har yanzu suna da al'ada a zuwan juyin juya halin masana'antu. Koda yake duniya ta kara zama birane, abubuwan gina jiki da aka tattara daga tsarin tsabtace birane ba tare da haɗuwa da ruwa ba har yanzu ana amfani dasu a cikin al'ummomi da yawa a matsayin hanya don kula da amfanin ƙasa, duk da karuwar yawan jama'a.[16]
Fitar da abubuwan gina jiki daga datti a cikin tsarin tsabtace muhalli wanda ba a zubar dashi ba yana magance matsalolin tsabtace mujallu a Turai da sauran wurare kuma yana ba da gudummawa ga tabbatar da yawan aikin gona.[16] Koyaya, aikin bai zama babbar hanyar tsabtace birane ba a cikin karni na 20 kuma an maye gurbinsa da tsarin tsabtace ruwa ba tare da dawo da abinci mai gina jiki ba (banda sake amfani da kayan aikin gona na laka a wasu lokuta) - aƙalla ga biranen da zasu iya biyan shi.
Akwai manyan dalilai huɗu da suka haifar da lalacewa a cikin farfadowa da amfani da datti da ruwan toka daga biranen Turai a karni na 19:[16]
Amfani da turare na dabba (mai ƙanshi) a aikin gona ya cigaba har zuwa yau, mai yiwuwa saboda ba a yi tunanin cewa turare na turare yana taimakawa ga cututtukan mutane ba.
Har yanzu ana cigaba da dawo da abubuwan gina jiki daga ruwa mai guba a cikin nau'o'i biyu:
Hukumar hadin gwiwar ci gaban kasa da kasa ta Sweden (Sida) ta ba da kuɗin "SanRes R&D program" a cikin 1993 zuwa 2001 wanda ya kafa tushe ga "EcoSanRes program" na gaba wanda Cibiyar Muhalli ta Stockholm ta gudanar (2002-2011).[21] Wani wallafe-wallafen da Sida ta wallafa da ake kira "Ecological sanitation" a cikin 1998 ya tattara ilimin da aka samar har zuwa yau game da ecosan a cikin wani sanannen littafi wanda aka buga a matsayin bugu na biyu a cikin 2004. An kuma fassara littafin zuwa Sinanci, Faransanci da Mutanen Espanya.[22][23][24]
Kamfanin gwamnatin Jamus GIZ kuma yana da babban "shirye-shiryen muhalli" daga 2001 zuwa 2012. Yayin da akafi son kalmar "ecosan" a farkon matakan wannan shirin, daga 2007 zuwa gaba an maye gurbinta da kalmar "mai ɗorewa mai ɗorewa". A zahiri, an kafa Sustainable Sanitation Alliance a cikin 2007 a cikin ƙoƙari na fadada ra'ayin ecosan da kuma haɗa 'yan wasan kwaikwayo daban-daban a ƙarƙashin laima ɗaya.
Bincike kan yadda za a sake amfani da fitsari da datti a cikin aikin gona yafaru ne daga masu binciken Sweden, misali Hakan Jönsson da tawagarsa, wanda littafinsa a kan "Handuna kan Amfani da Tattara da Tattarar a cikin Amfani da Amfani da Shuka"[25] wani muhimmin abu ne wanda daga baya aka sanya shi cikin WHO "Handalin Arziki kan Amfani Mai Amfani da Ruwa, Tattara" daga shekara ta 2006.[10] Tunanin shingen da yawa don sake amfani, wanda shine mabuɗin tushe na wannan littafin, ya haifar da kyakkyawar fahimta game da yadda za'a iya sake amfani da excreta lafiya.
Da farko, an sadaukar da "taron muhalli" don gabatar da tattauna bincike kan ayyukan muhalli:
Tun daga wannan lokacin an haɗa taken ecosan a cikin wasu tarurruka na WASH, kuma ba a sake shirya manyan tarurruka daban-daban na ecosan ba.
During the 1990s, when the term ecosan was something new, discussions were heated and confrontational.[ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span>] Supporters of ecosan claimed the corner on containment, treatment and reuse. The proponents of conventional sanitation systems on the other side defendedpit latrines and waterborne sewage systems. Ecosan supporters criticized conventional sanitation for contaminating waterways with nutrients and pathogens. Since about 2007, the two opposing sides have slowly found ways of dealing with each other, and the formation of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance in that year has further helped to provide a space for all sanitation actors to meet and push into the same direction of sustainable sanitation.[ana buƙatar hujja]