SaTo Pan
AmericanStandard and iDE
The SaTo Pan is a toilet pan that mechanically and hydraulically seals pit latrines.
The SaTo pan is a toilet pan that uses a mechanical and water seals to close off pit latrines form open air. This reduces disease transmission from flying insects that come into contact with human waste. It also eliminates the unsightly appearance and odors from open pit latrines and reduces the volume of water needed to flush.
Africa, Asia, Latin America; regions where squatting and pit latrines are fairly common practice.
RFL produce the product and distribute it to retailers in Bangladesh. Crestanks produce and sell the product in Uganda. Kentainers sell it in Kenya. American Standard developed the SaTo pan and donated many SaTo pans during their Flush for good-campaign. iDE, that developed the SaTo pan together with American Standard has distributed it a lot in Bangladesh for example. Wateraid has implemented the product in Nepal. BRAC also assisted American Standard in the development and distribution of the SaTo pan. Save the children, Food for the Poor, Plumbers Without Borders and UNHCR are other implementers.
SaTo pan costs 2-5 USD per unit.
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Low-income households where squatting and pit latrines are norm.