Table 4. Observed nutrient and moisture content of human excreta composted by two methods in a simulated double vault latrine system over 139 days with linear regression to predict values at 153 and 181 days.
Sampling day | Average (≤139 days) | Predicted | P-value | ||||||
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1 | 27 | 55 | 83 | 111 | 139 | ||||
Ash | (181 days) | ||||||||
Total Nitrogen (%) | 1.937 | 1.770 | 1.647 | 1.587 | 1.527 | 1.497 | 1.6611 | 1.3172 | 0.000 |
Total Phosphorus (%) | 3.537 | 3.314 | 3.174 | 3.152 | 3.124 | 3.105 | 3.2341 | 2.9182 | 0.000 |
Total Potassium (%) | 2.704 | 2.427 | 2.412 | 2.388 | 2.370 | 2.360 | 2.4431 | 2.2282 | 0.002 |
Moisture (%) | 61.39 | 56.47 | 48.31 | 39.63 | 28.60 | 18.54 | 42.1551 | 6.8302 | 0.000 |
Ash + 10% Lime | (153 days) | ||||||||
Total Nitrogen (%) | 1.820 | 1.643 | 1.550 | 1.477 | 1.413 | 1.377 | 1.547 | 1.2903 | 0.000 |
Total Phosphorus (%) | 1.838 | 1.696 | 1.628 | 1.614 | 1.608 | 1.604 | 1.6653 | N/A | 0.565 |
Total Potassium (%) | 2.054 | 1.865 | 1.849 | 1.835 | 1.822 | 1.816 | 1.8743 | N/A | 0.477 |
Moisture (%) | 53.40 | 48.81 | 40.38 | 32.83 | 21.43 | 11.96 | 34.802 | 9.1633 | 0.000 |
1Model inputs for Scenario A (≤ 139 day storage without lime)
2Model inputs for Scenario C (181 day storage without lime)
3Model inputs for Scenario B (153 day storage with 10% lime)