Thank you for compiling these resources,  Elisabeth! 

I'm writing to add the Rich Earth Institute's recently released Farmer Guide to Fertilizing with Urine . The guide is rooted in Rich Earth’s extensive research with farmer-partners in Southern Vermont and enriched by insights into urine fertilization from researchers around the world. It joins our other guides to community and home garden urine recycling, offering resources to practitioners at different scales. We invite readers of the guide to complete this very short (four question) guide feedback survey to inform our future research and farmer communications. Thank you! 




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This thread is a "sticky thread" which means it will always remain at the top of this sub-category. It contains a recommendation and orientation for newcomers regarding the most important documents and website links in this thematic area.

Recommended top five documents in the thematic area of "Urine reuse or infiltration", in reverse chronological order:

(1)
Zandee, M. (2012). Risk of clogging of drip-line emitters during urine fertilization through drip irrigation equipment. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland
www.susana.org/en/resources/library/details/1732

In this report we describe the results of a field study aimed at testing two possible ways of coombinig urine fertilization and drip irrigation. The main finding ist that a system in which the water / urine mix is allowed to settle in the tank of the irrigation system for 45 minutes does not lead to more work for the farmer in terms of inspecting and unblocking the emitters in the drip lines than using only water. A second system, where irrigation with urine and water was done in sequence, did not function well. The most likely reason for this problem is a lack of pressure in the sysem when pure urine was used.

(2)
Gensch, R., Miso, A., Itchon, G. (2011). Urine as liquid fertiliser in agricultural production in the Philippines - A practical field guide. Xavier University Press, Philippines
www.susana.org/en/resources/library/details/1168

This field guide has been developed to accommodate the ever-increasing demand for more detailed and scientifically backed information on how to use urine in agricultural production. It is intended primarily for practitioners and experts in the water, sanitation, planning, and agriculture sectors. Human urine can be the miracle relief for the agriculture sector especially for the small subsistence farmers. The Guidebook shows that urine, if harnessed properly and adequately, can equal the productive benefits derived from inorganic fertilizer.

(3)
Richert, A., Gensch, R., Jönsson, H., Stenström, T., Dagerskog, L. (2010). Practical guidance on the use of urine in crop production. Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden
www.susana.org/en/resources/library/details/757

This book gives practical guidance on the use of urine in crop production as a vital component of sustainable crop production and sanitation systems. It also includes guidance on how to start activities that will facilitate the introduction of new fertilisers to the agricultural community.

This publication also exists in French and Spanish in the SuSanA library.


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Ecosan Club (ed.) (2010). Use of urine. Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP), Issue 3. EcoSan Club, Austria
www.susana.org/en/resources/library/details/1033

"Use of urine" is the thematic topic of the third issue of Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP). If urine is collected separately, treated and converted to agricultural usage, the biggest step towards nutrient reuse and highly efficient water protection is taken. Papers in this issue include:
- Opening minds and closing loops – productive sanitation initiatives in Burkina Faso and Niger
- Experiences from use of urine in Arba Minch, Ethiopia
- Pharmaceutical Residues in Urine as Fertiliser
- Backyard urine recycling in the United States of America

(5)
Joensson, H., Richert Stintzing, A., Vinneras, B., Salomon, E. (2004). Guidelines on the Use of Urine and Faeces in Crop Production. Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
www.susana.org/en/resources/library/details/187

These guidelines are based on our current knowledge of the use of urine and faeces in small and large-scale cultivation. So far, the use of urine and faeces is limited around the world. Thus, these guidelines are based not only on the experiences of ourselves and others as documented in scientific journals, but also to a large part on experiences with similar types of fertiliser, e.g. compost and digestion sludge from solid biodegradable waste. Experiences derived from many appropriate and ambitious experiments around the world, even though not scientifically published and scrutinised, also inform these guidelines.

You can find further important documents and website links dealing with this topic here:

• Documents in SuSanA library: Use the filter option called "by reuse: Urine as fertiliser" www.susana.org/en/resources/library?vbl_...5D=&vbl_6%5B26%5D=26
• Or put as a search terms "urine reuse" in the SuSanA library search field, which brings up these ones: www.susana.org/library?search=urine+reuse
• We also have many posters, factsheets and presentations about urine reuse in the library. Find them in the library by filtering for "Filter by type of resource".
• SuSanA case studies that include urine reuse: www.susana.org/en/resources/case-studies...5D=&vbl_6%5B26%5D=26
• Urine reuse in USA (Rich Earth Institute): richearthinstitute.org/
• The research and demonstration project in Niger called PS-Aguié by Stockholm Environment Institute produced many factsheets and publications in English and French about urine reuse - find them by filtering the library by country (Niger): www.susana.org/en/resources/library?vbl_...&vbl_20%5B504%5D=504
• The Dry Toilet Conference in Finland in 2015 had several presentations on urine reuse: www.susana.org/en/resources/library/details/2336
• Projects in the SuSanA project database that deal with urine reuse (for example SANIRESCH in Germany, VUNA in South Africa): www.susana.org/en/resources/projects?vbl...5D=&vbl_6%5B26%5D=26
• The VUNA project which was funded by the Gates Foundation dealt with urine reuse near Durban, South Africa: forum.susana.org/forum/categories/98-res...-nutrients-in-africa
• Wikipedia pages on urine reuse:
  • Reuse of excreta: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuse_of_excreta
  • Urine, subsection onuses: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine#Uses
  • Ecological sanitation, subsection onreuse as fertilizer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_sanitation#Reuse_as_fertilizer
  • Organic fertilizer, subsection on urine: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_fertilizer#Urine

Please provide your feedback. What do you think of this selection? I think we need more information on the topic of infiltration - I only found the publication by Marijn Zandee (Number 1 in the list) so far.

Regards,
Elisabeth