Sanitation Research Fund of BMGF/WRC (SRFA): Knowledge-based Solutions for Onsite Dry Sanitation Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa Characterisation of pit contents and developing innovative techniques for pit desludging and subsequent sludge management in low income urban areas. Water Research Commission, WRC
The SRFA Project was established through a USD 2.5 Million grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). The project aims to stimulate local competency and capacity in the sanitation sector in the Eastern and Southern African Regions, and to provide solutions based on good scientific evidence related to up-scaling dry sanitation technologies. Ten research contracts will be issued, on a competitive basis, to research institutes or organisations in the targeted areas. The projects will be executed using the WRC model of research and innovation generation and dissemination.
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Technology comparisonsOperation, maintenance and sustainable servicesProduct design and engineeringSpecific to one or several countriesEmptying and transport (non sewered)Treatment of faecal sludgePublic awareness, advocacy and civil society engagement (WG9)Faecal sludge treatment processesFundamental research and engineeringBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPeri-urbanRuralUrban informal settlements (slums)PractitionersUniversity, education or research institution
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BotswanaEthiopiaKenyaMalawiSouth AfricaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
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