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W EEKLY EDITION JUNE 19, 2019 PSAI Engages in US Adoption Discussion for Next Generation Toilet Standard By Kar leen Kos, PSAI Executive Director Text is yellow represents proposed additions/clarifications to the existing ISO 30500 text. Note that it is not proposed that the English be changed from the British style used by ISO to American English — meaning that feces will remain faeces. Making those spelling changes would require much more time and process than the National Adoption Committee feels is warranted. While North Americans might find the standard difficult to use without the US equivalent measurements, the Committee is sure readers will be able to ignore the extra "a" in faeces and the extra "u" in vapours. T h e e xp e r ts at t h e c e n te r o f I S O 3 0 5 0 0 a n d t h e N a ti o n al A d o pt i o n C o m mi t te e . Experts representing industry, government, academia and non - governmental organizations came together to form the cons ensus of the standard. "The development of ISO 30500 was expertly led by the chair (USA) and twinned secretaries (Senegal and USA) over numerous project committee and working group (WG) meetings over just two years, which involved hundreds of experts from numerous countries spending collectively tens of thousands of work hours," says Sun Kim, the Chair of the US committee mirroring ISO/PC 305. ISO/PC 305 and its Working Group (WG) prepared the draft of the standard. Two organizations also contributed to the drafting of ISO 30500: the African Water Association (AfWA) and the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC). Sun Kim, the Chair of the US committee mirroring ISO/PC 305, noted that the publication of ISO 30500 would have a significant impact on scaling of near - futu re non - sewered sanitation/toilet systems by setting minimum performance requirements to ensure personal and community safety. "Users will also have a more positive experience compared to many existing non - sewered systems used in environments with limited r esources such as water and electricity, and most of all, ISO 30500's positive impact will be felt throughout the world, especially in areas with little or no sanitation services." P ro p o s e d s t an d ar d i s a va il a bl e f o r r e vi e w . If you are interested in reviewi ng the proposed US version of ISO 30500 an d providing comment, please contact PSAI Executive Director Karleen Kos. The balloting period ends July 3. P AGE 9 CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 US Committee meeting at Cal Tech, April 2017 Sun Kim, Progr am Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chair of the US Committee