Hygiene Pod and WASH Systems

Modular WASH infrastructure for safe, rapid and dignified sanitation

Shelter without WASH is not a complete humanitarian solution.

DS3’s Hygiene Pod concept applies modular shelter and infrastructure logic to sanitation, hygiene, safety and dignity.

The system is being developed for emergency, displacement, disaster recovery and preparedness settings where WASH infrastructure must be deployable, maintainable, adaptable, environmentally responsible and respectful of different users’ needs.

Potential configurations

• emergency latrine facilities
• communal latrine blocks
• accessible hygiene facilities
• child-safe toilet facilities
• shower and wash spaces
• baby-care and caregiver facilities
• handwashing points
• WashRail service-wall concepts
• water storage and pump integration
• solar lighting for safer night access
• modular fit-outs for different site conditions

Operational benefits

Hygiene Pod systems are designed to support:

• rapid deployment using local labour
• privacy and dignity
• gender-sensitive layouts
• child and caregiver safety
• disability access
• cleaning and maintenance
• local installation and repair
• stockpiling and redeployment
• integration with CommUnity Shelter+ and Sentinel+

Safe sanitation should be deployable, adaptable and dignified And designed and delivered as one system with infrastructure. not improvised after the shelter response begins.