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Table 2 Physical Infrastructure Status and Recommendations

From: Sustainable refugee camp design in the Dalhamyie settlement (Bekaa, Lebanon) for climate change context

Networks

Present status

Recommendations

Material and method

Water supply

High dependence on external trucks and ground water

Integrated water sensitive urban planning in the neighborhood

Through the tank to the community water taps and the community washrooms. Separate lines for the community toilet to use only recycled water in toilet flush. The used water from the washbasin would directly go to the flush

The water from the bath and cloth washing would be drained through treatment drain pipes

Sewerage network

Lack of waste water treatment

Integrated planning for waste water management to capture maximum recycling potential

The waste water will depend on the local materials such as pipes that can be bamboo pipes or PVC or any available local material

• The filtration process can be a multi filter process with screens for multiple diameters

• Local community would maintain the waste water treatment plants

• Grey water pipes to be treated separately for recycling (three step process—Screening of effluents in sewage, Adding alum and lime through an aeration process, Filtration and chlorine dosing. Recycled water to be used in toilet flushes, road washing etc

• Black water to be treated separately

Rain water pipes

No consideration, water logging after rains

Rain water harvesting through sustainable materials

Bamboo pipes with sub branches—one to the shelter and second to the ground water recharge pit

Recycled water rejuvenation ponds in agricultural land

No consideration for water in the planning

Rejuvenation ponds in agricultural land. Limit on ground water extraction

Water rejuvenation ponds in the agricultural land

• Rain water collection

• Filtration of waste water to recharge ground water

• Water condensation pits to generate water year long without extracting ground water

Solid waste management

No consideration, situation worsened by frequent flooding clogging the waste and becoming a health hazard

Solid waste management through recycling, reusing and waste to wealth strategy

The solid waste has been seen as a resource and concept of circular economy has been applied by proposing recycling center in the community for active resident participation in the process of utilizing waste, waste segregation and reusing