In sites where the ecosan concept has been introduced, decision makers are increasingly convinced of its sustainable advantages and benefits; both for users and the environment.

The local pilot sites are now a main point of interest for other LGUs. A lot of representatives of municipalities, barangays, NGOs and others visit them and discuss with the users. The first toilet facilities have been already replicated, several plans for construction are under development.

Feed The Children Philippines is testing a monitoring system to evaluate the impact on people’s health. Future activities will focus on further hygiene and sanitation education and promotion of the ecosan concept to neighbors. In addition, a backyard garden on the family lot will be established to promote the use of ecosan products and to demonstrate its benefits.

Ecosan is comprised of a wide range of technologies and can therefore be easily adopted in different municipalities to address a variety of needs.

Since the technology itself is new in the Philippines, the local economy will also benefit from the concept through its uses in agriculture and through the production of toilet bowls.

Workshops and trainings have focused not only on ecosan but also on networking and knowledge sharing between the different ecosan pilot projects within the water program and projects of other organizations that promote ecosan.

The Philippine Ecosan Network (PEN) was founded during the 1st symposium on low-cost technology options in water supply and sanitation in October 2004. All members are connected, in some way, to the water sector. PEN was instrumental in ensuring that alternative low-cost technologies were featured in the ‘Implementation Rules and Regulations of the ‘ Clean Water Act Philippines’. Ecosan is especially mentioned within the Act. Other international donor organizations have already shown an interest in the ecosan concept.

Finally, ecosan is a low-cost sanitation solution that municipalities can provide to people, especially those who still lack sanitation services.