Shtiqën, a rural village in Albania, currently lacks a collective wastewater treatment system. Our project sponsor, SHUKALB, has proposed building a constructed wetland treatment plant in Shtiqën. Our team investigated the difficulties the Kukës Water Utility (UKK) faces in providing access to wastewater treatment, and Shtiqën residents’ willingness to pay (WTP). Interviews with residents revealed a willingness to pay to improve village sanitation but some level of skepticism given that organizations had failed to keep promises in the past. We recommended that the UKK continue to involve the community in conversations about wastewater treatment systems, and developed a guidebook to facilitate future community outreach.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Peters, Jeremy
• Hawthorne, Samuel
• Shikichi, Jamie
• Mangone, Keaton

Subject

• Health
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Water
• Community
• Well-Being
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 115130
• E-project-121423-042230

Keyword

• Albania
• willingness to pay
• wastewater
• sanitation
• rural communities
• constructed wetlands

Advisor

• Butler, Melissa
• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2023

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• SHUKALB

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2023-12-14

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121423-042230

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2024-02-08