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Accessible - Entrances

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|<font size="3">'''Entrances must be:''' a) wide enough (wheelchair width + 20cm), and b) level enough (minimal or no difference between outside and inside).</font>
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|width="20%"|'''Construction'''<br>
|width="20%"|'''Advantages'''<br>
|width="20%"|'''Disadvantages '''<br>
|width="20%"|'''Improvements / variations'''<br>
|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''<br>
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Wide and level entrance to allow wheelchair access. Rammed earth floor
|Can be easily accessed by everyone, including wheelchair users
|No door, so low privacy and security
|Add a door
|Low to medium
|-
|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Latrine with level concrete entrance, wide enough for a wheelchair user
|The floor of the latrine is the same level as the outside
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|Level flooring could be achieved with any type of materials, not only concrete
|Medium to high
|-
|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Level concrete threshold with raised cement mound to reduce flooding. Mound is rounded for wheelchair access.
|Reduces water inflow without preventing wheelchair access
|Won’t stop serious flooding!
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|Medium
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===Acknowledgements===
* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid.
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