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'''Human-powered Emptying and Transport refers the different ways in which people can manually empty and/or transport sludge and septage.'''
[[Image:MAPET_and_Vacutug_system.PNG|thumb|right|200px|[[MAPET and Vacutug system |MAPET and Vacutug system]], in Tanzania (for credits, click the picture)]]
Human-powered Emptying and Transport of pits and tanks refers to several things:
===Cartage systems===
[[Image:Cartage_systems.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Cartage system |Cartage system]], motorized tricycle in India (for credits, click the picture)]]
Tricycles and push carts can be used to transport containers and oil drums containing urine or excreta. Push carts and tricycles (pedal or motorised) can access small streets. Tricycles can speed up the collection operation and increase the radius of the collection in urban areas, transporting the containers to transfer stations or to community treatment facilities. From transfer stations, urine and excreta can be loaded onto trucks or tractors, which can haul a larger volume over a long distance. Tricycles can collect door to door, although urine can also be collected in larger containers serving a number of houses.
===Adequacy===
[[Image:MAPET_and_Vacutug_systemCartage_systems.PNGpng|thumb|right|200px|[[MAPET and Vacutug Cartage system |MAPET and Vacutug Cartage system]], motorized tricycle in Tanzania India (for credits, click the picture)]]
Hand-pumps are appropriate for areas that are either not served by vacuum trucks, where vacuumtruck emptying is too costly, or where narrow streets and poor roads may limit the ability of a vacuum truck to access the site. The hand-pump is a significant improvement over the bucket method and could prove to be a sustainable business opportunity in some regions. The MAPET is also well suited to dense, urban and informal settlements, although in both cases, the distance to a suitable sludge discharge point is a limiting factor. These technologies are more feasible when there is a [[Transfer Station - Underground Holding Tank]] or [[Sewer Discharge Station]] nearby.
