Dump the bucket

Thousands of households in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (and around the state) have expensive hauled water and sewer that can be as high as $0.70 per gallon. Even in Bethel, the most popular haul rate is a staggering $344.10 month. Expensive hauled water forces many families to ration water – and that can create unhealthy living conditions.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) is crowdfunding a project to test a greywater recycling unit re-treating water in the home for non-potable uses. YKHC hopes this would decrease the number of hauls and make hauled water/sewer affordable.

Check out their website for more information about the project, and to sign up for receiving updates: www.dumpthebucket.org.

Check out the link below to their Indiegogo campaign to learn more about the project and to help support the cause: www.indiegogo.com/at/dumpthebucket.

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The Portable Alternative Sanitation System (PASS)

Project Partners:

• The National Tribal Water Center
• ANTHC - Division of Community Health Clinical and Research Services
• Cold Climate Housing Research Center

More information:

• Narrative: The Portable Alternative Sanitation System 2020
• The Portable Alternative Sanitation System (PASS) (9/30/2016)
• Addendum to Kivalina Pilot Project Report 2019
• PASS Slide Presentation 2019
• PASS One Pager 2019
• Kivalina Pilot Project (10/13/2015)
• Alternative Approaches to Sanitation in Kivalina Alaska (10/13/2015)