Rural Project Examples: Infrastructure

Portable Alternative Sanitation System (PASS)

Updated/reviewed December 2024

• Need: To bring low-cost water and sanitation improvements to homes in tribal villages in Alaska without access to piped water or sewer systems.
• Intervention: The Portable Alternative Sanitation System (PASS) treats hauled water, provides for handwashing with clean water, and disposes waste without traditional piping.
• Results: Residents in the pilot project reported that PASS was cleaner and healthier than the self-haul method.