Several colleges are involved in teaching, research and consultancy in topics relating to sustainable sanitation, mainly the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology. Staff and students are often involved in inter-disciplinary research in the areas of sanitation technology including treatment systems, societal aspects including gender issues, social marketing, as well as financial and economic aspects of sustainable sanitation.

Project examples (lead researcher is Charles Niwagaba):

- Project partner on the Project FaME (Faecal Management Enterprises): providing sanitation solutions through value chain management of faecal sludge (studying its applicability in the cement production process by utilising its calorific value or the lower heating value).
- Project partner on the Project UACT - Economic Constraints and Demand-Led Solutions for Sustainable Sanitation Services in Poor Urban Settlements. U-ACT empirically tests various interventions in randomised controlled trials in the low-income areas of Uganda’s capital, Kampala.
- "Waste to worth" in Uganda where fly larvae convert manure (animal and human) and organic waste into protein rich animal feed.

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Capacity developmentMarket developmentTechnology comparisonsFood security and productive sanitationPublic awareness, advocacy and civil society engagement Behaviour changeHealth and hygieneSpecific to one or several countriesEmptying and transport (non sewered)Treatment of wastewater or greywaterTreatment of faecal sludgeResource recovery Enabling environment and institutional strengtheningCapacity development (WG1)Food security and productive sanitation (WG5)Public awareness, advocacy and civil society engagement (WG9)Faecal sludge treatment processesOther funding source or unspecifiedFaeces or faecal sludgePeri-urbanUrban informal settlements (slums)FertiliserProtein for animal food University, education or research institution

Related Countries

Uganda