About this course: Do you want learn how to apply concepts of sustainable faecal sludge management (FSM) on a city-wide scale? This course starts with an overview of what faecal sludge is and an introduces you to the engineering fundamentals and required information for the design and selection of technologies. Sanitation solutions are prone to failure if an integrated planning approach that includes stakeholder involvement and the development of appropriate institutional, management and financial arrangements is not implemented. The course therefore dedicates a complete week to presenting the full picture, in addition to technology, that needs to be considered for sustainable solutions. It concludes with a focus on current research and innovations in technologies, to provide an understanding of the most up-to-date options. This course is one of four in the series “Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development".
Who is this class for: This course is an introduction – the only requirements are an Internet connection and an interest in the topic. A general background in environmental or civil engineering, urban planning or geography would help to fully benefit from this course.
Taught by: Dr. Linda Strande, Group leader
Management of Excreta, Wastewater and Sludge (MEWS), Eawag-Sandec
| Level | Intermediate |
| Commitment | 4-6 hours/week |
| Language | English, Subtitles: French, Spanish |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: Trailer - Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management
- Reading: About the course
- Reading: Further reading
- Reading: How to use the forum
- Video: 1.1 Course Overview
- Video: 1.2 The Global Situation
- Video: 1.3 Sanitation research in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Video: 1.4 Systems Based Approach
- Video: 1.5 What is faecal sludge?
- Video: 1.6 What is working?
- Video: 1.7 Wrap-up
- Reading: Further reading - Week 1
- Reading: Slides - Week 1
- Video: 2.1 Treatment Objectives
- Video: 2.2 Overview of Treatment Mechanisms
- Video: 2.3 Resource recovery
- Video: 2.4 Market-driven approach to select treatment products
- Video: 2.5 Characterization
- Video: 2.6 Quantification
- Video: 2.7 Collection and transport technologies
- Video: 2.8 Wrap-up
- Reading: Further reading - Week 2
- Reading: Slides - Week 2
- Video: 3.1 Overview of treatment technologies
- Video: 3.2 Settling-thickening tanks
- Video: 3.3 Unplanted drying beds
- Video: 3.4 Planted Drying Beds
- Video: 3.5 Co-composting
- Video: 3.6 Co-treatment with Wastewater
- Video: 3.7 Effluent treatment technologies
- Video: 3.8 Design example of a treatment plant
- Video: 3.9 Wrap-up
- Reading: Further reading - Week 3
- Reading: Slides - Week 3
- Video: 4.1 Integrated planning approach
- Video: 4.2 Assessment of the Initial situation
- Video: 4.3 Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement
- Video: 4.4 Institutional Frameworks
- Video: 4.5 Financial transfers and flows models
- Video: 4.6 Operation and maintenance of treatment plans
- Video: 4.7 Engineering Economics
- Video: 4.8 Wrap-up
- Reading: Further reading - Week 4
- Reading: Slides - Week 4
- Video: 5.1 Innovations in collection
- Video: 5.2 Innovations In transport
- Video: 5.3 Innovations in anaerobic digestion
- Video: 5.4 Innovations in conditioning
- Video: 5.5 Innovations in solid fuels
- Video: 5.6 Innovations in vermi and fly larvae composting
- Video: 5.7 Innovations in ammonia and lime treatment
- Video: 5.8 Innovative, adaptive and integrated case Study of Durban
- Video: 5.9 The Way Forward
- Reading: Further reading - Week 5
- Reading: Slides - Week 5
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Extremely beneficial as I've started working as a Chemist in a Sewage Treatment Plant. It gave me a good overview of a related technology and allowed me to give a glimpse of the importance of resource recovery, public health prioritization, and environmental impact of waste items.
very interesting and enjoyable view of the topic
I really liked this course! I think Linda Strande and her team have done a great job at presenting the most up to date knowledge about faecal sludge management.
I can only recommend everyone interested to participate in this course!
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Excelente curso