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ReferencesSave Water with Evac’s Mobile Toilets – Jiuzhaigou National Park meets environmental targets

Save Water with Evac’s Mobile Toilets – Jiuzhaigou National Park meets environmental targets

Visitors to Jiuzhaigou National Park, one of China’s most spectacular natural areas, benefit from enhanced restroom facilities as the result of the installation of Evac´s vacuum toilet systems. At the same time, the project helped the park’s organizers meet their environmental objectives in line with China’s ‘toilet revolution’ which aims to improve public sanitation throughout the country.

Challenge

In 2015, China had started an efficient program to improve toilets across the country, especially in rural areas and at tourist sites. Since then, tens of thousands of facilities at tourist sites across the country had been built or upgraded.

The Jiuzhaigou National Park located in Sichuan Province on the edge of the Tibetan plateau stretches over 72,000 hectares (180,000 acres) and is famous for its beautiful waterfalls, colorful lakes and snow-capped peaks. It is also home to giant pandas, Sichuan golden monkeys and many other endangered plant and animal species. The park was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 and a World Biosphere Reserve in 1997.

In 2018, the region was affected by an earthquake which damaged many buildings including restroom facilities in the park. This combined with the government´s “toilet revolution” program, led to a complete reappraisal and renewal of the public toilet requirements.

Solution

Evac supplied 23 Evac SnoozeVac vacuum collection units which are used at 16 different locations throughout the park. The units are very compact with just one vacuum pump and one discharge pump making them ideally suited for applications in remote areas.

Evac also supplied more than 100 squatting toilets and over 50 Evac Optima® 3 vacuum toilets, some installed in container mobile restrooms and others in mobile bus restrooms which travel around the park.

Benefits

Vacuum mobile toilets provide high water savings leading to a reduction in wastewater storage tank volume as well as water consumption. Unlike conventional plumbing systems, vacuum drainage systems transport wastewater by withdrawing air rather than relying on water and gravity.

The Evac vacuum toilets save water up to 90% compared to a standard toilet. Our vacuum toilets use only 1.2 liters per flush, and our vacuum urinals only 0.6 liters per flush. In comparison, a dual-flush toilet uses 4–9 liters per flush.

They also offer a more pleasant user experience with less residual odor, cleaner flushing and no chemical use or recirculation. Evac vacuum toilets offer a more sanitary environment than traditional gravity toilets as they get rid of 60 liters of odors, mists, and bacteria with every flush, making them ideal for settings where hundreds of visitors need to use public toilets. The risk of leakage is also greatly reduced because of the pressure differential which sucks air instead of leaking water out in case of a pipe breach. 

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Key facts

Client
Sichuan Province, China

Year
2018

Industry
Land-based

Segment
Mobile and transportable

Evac Solutions
Vacuum collection and toilets

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Year

2018

Toilets installed

>150

Vacuum collection units

23

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