Unregulated discharge of septic tanks to the coast, Lavender Hill, Accra, Ghana approximately two kilometres upstream from major tourist hotels

The city of Accra has sewer connections for only about seven per cent of its households, and the vast majority of those not living in slums have septic tanks. At peak hours there is a tanker car emptying every three minutes at this site, which is adjacent to homes and fishing grounds (Source and Photographs Robert Bos, World Health Organization, Geneva, 2006)

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