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W EEKLY EDITION MAY 31, 2017 Progress on New Standards for Non - Sewered Waste Systems …continued Kos represents the PSAI at US Technical Advisory Group Meeting Kos believes these new systems will have significant implications for the portable sanitation industry. Although not all of the technologies will be portable, it is likely they – and this new standard - will impact our industry. • Some of the technologies are being designed as portable or semi - permanent, which will provide business opportunities and competition for PSAI Members. • The new standard includes technical requirements for design, reliability, safety, and ergonomics which are likely to impact the design for all restrooms in the future. • The "back ends" of the new systems contain small - scale waste processing technology which may provide options that can supplement POTW for portable sanitation companies. The PSAI Board made the decision to engage the organization in the work of helping to set new international standards in areas related to portable sanitation, disposal, and the processing of waste in early 2016. Funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foun dation offsets most of the cost of the PSAI's participation in these activities. P AGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Gerald Kresta (left) from Tuv - Sud, an international organization taking a leadership role in organizing the work of PC 305, and Kristen Califra (right) from ANSI listen and respond to new information shared by Rachel Hawthorn (middle) regarding the 278 comments receive d from TAGs in dozens of other countries. While on the Cal - Tech campus, attendees had a chance to visit the Cal - Tech/Kohler non - sewered waste system prototype under development. The system is currently housed in a storage container sitting in a Cal - Te ch parking lot. Workers from the nearby Cal - Tech machine shop and other support teams use the system for their restroom needs daily.