The Pitvaq

The Pitvaq is the "honeysucker that can go anywhere". The Pitvaq gives pit emptying teams power, efficiency, and flexibility.

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

@PitVidura Fantastic getting to see your team in action! We look forward to your blog post 😀

[Pit Vidura @PitVidura]

Thanks, Dave from @pitvaq for visiting and training the @PitVidura field team on the proper use and maintenance of the new PitVaq.
A detailed blog post of its performance compared to the previous version (eVac) will be shared soon.

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

This is the Pitvaq’s pump chassis, equipped with the pump, engine, and moisture trap. This can go wherever you need to go to empty non-sewered sanitation systems! #fsm #sanitation

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

Check out our booth at the #FSM6 expo! There, you can learn about how the Pitvaq works and can improve efficiency, hygiene, and flexibility for desludging teams. #sanitation #FSM #pitemptying

[SNV Water - find us on Bluesky as snv.org @SNV_Water]

BREAKING: Find out what makes this publication innovative

Press release: https://t.co/P673A04sha

Sharing real-life experiences in treatment tech from @SNVworld @WSUPUK @Sanergy @pitvaq @IwkComms @BORDA_Bremen and partners

#SanitationTreatmentOptions #InformedChoice #FSM6

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

We are looking forward to exhibiting at FSM6 in a couple of weeks! Hope to see you there!!

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

The Pitvaq can do anything a honeysucker can do - anywhere. #sanitation #innovation #pitemptying #technology #fsm #SDG6

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

We also have a team getting started here in Pietermaritzburg. The Sani Squad responds to any sanitation needs for people of Snathing and surrounding areas! @sastep_za @WaterResearchSA #sanitation #pitemptying

https://t.co/w2ABpIlhde

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

We are in East London this week, training the amazing folks at Impilo Yabantu to use the Pitvaq for pit emptying. This is part of a project with @sastep_za and @WaterResearchSA testing a social entrepreneurship model for pit emptying with the Pitvaq. #sanitation #fsm

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

Also great to see other innovative pit emptying technologies represented. It's helpful to have a toolkit of different solutions.

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

Fantastic publication produced by @BORDA_Bremen and featuring an older version of the PITVAQ (the eVac Mk4). Since the batch sent to Tanzania a few years ago, we've manufactured the vacuum cylinder entirely out of steel and included a petrol engine to take it totally off-grid.

[BORDA @BORDA_Bremen]

New publication “Faecal Sludge Management (FSM)Guide for Dar es Salaam”
https://t.co/jXud9wzaKn

@WaterAidUK @BMZ_Bund @HCUHamburg @HDIFtz #newventurefund #fsm #citywidesanitation #dewatsfordar #tz #sanitation #dewats #sdg6 #partnerships #collaboration

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

@PitVidura is doing some fantastic work in Kigali! They are so right - fecal sludge management is about protecting humans AND the environment.

[Pit Vidura @PitVidura]

Every time we provide fecal sludge collection services to our customers, we are protecting human health and environmental health. 80% of human waste generated ends up in the environment. We are changing that. #RestoreOurEarth #EarthDay #Kigali

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

@WorldBankWater What a fantastic resource @WorldBankWater! We love how the CWIS initiative highlights the reality that we need a diversity of appropriate solutions to address the diversity of on-the-ground situations. #businessasunusual

[BORDA @BORDA_Bremen]

Join our next Sanitation Breakfast on "Commercialisation of Water & Sanitation Innovations", online at April 23rd.
together with @WaterInstSA & GreenCape
https://t.co/zVRJXfp8MP
#water #sanitation #hygiene #WASH #breakfast #breakfastideas #circulareconomy #southafrica

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

The PITVAQ's vacuum pump is powered by a petrol engine. Once a vacuum is created in the sludge tank, fecal sludge is pulled out of on site sanitation systems, allowing teams to transport it offsite for treatment or bury it safely onsite. #WorldInnovationDay

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

Take a few minutes this #WorldInnovationDay to learn about the PITVAQ, the honeysucker that can go anywhere! With support from @sastep_za and @WaterResearchSA, we designed a tool to help emptying teams get wherever they need to go.

https://t.co/hBcOoYZsLP

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

@Sanergy Great work @Sanergy!💪

[SNV Water - find us on Bluesky as snv.org @SNV_Water]

We're in the 'same #COVID19 storm but not on the same boat.'

If we're serious about #inclusivity, everybody must be able to enjoy their basic right to #health and dignity.

#SanitationWorkers must not just 'cope'

@WASHFutures @dfat @_waterforwomen @Int_WaterCentre @gchallenges

[The Pitvaq @pitvaq]

@IRCWASH So true! Everyone needs to bring their tools to the table. #mondayinspiration

[United Nations @UN]

Nurses
doctors
teachers
sanitation workers
journalists
truck drivers
grocery store workers
researchers
& all essential workers

are risking their well-being to serve their communities.

We thank them for being on the front lines during the #COVID19 pandemic.

🎨: Chiara Fiori