Ensuring safe and sustainable fecal sludge management in small towns in Tamil Nadu To empower urban local governments to adopt the Septage Management Guidelines (SMGs)
Athena Infonomics
AI
Tamil Nadu, India faces a problem of illegal and unauthorized dumping of untreated septage waste and little state involvement. This presents an urgent need for improved fecal sludge management. Athena is therefore working to empower urban local governments to adopt the Septage Management Guidelines (SMGs). It is using a systems-approach to planning and design, to support effective management of fecal sludge across the value chain.
Mission
The project considers collection, desludging, transportation, treatment, reuse and disposal to then develop an integrated and holistic strategy covering institutional, regulatory, financial and social facets. The project therefore popularizes simple and cost effective ways of collecting and managing FSM data among Urban Local Bodies, and additionally proposes a novel approach to decision making and monitoring septage linked service delivery outcomes.Approach
Client: Arghyam FoundationFurther comments
Project was added by Chris. Edited and QA-checked by Elisabeth von 23 October 2019Answer questions about the project
Chris Elliott
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Capacity developmentCitiesOperation, maintenance and sustainable servicesPolitical processes and institutional aspectsSpecific to one or several countriesEmptying and transport (non sewered)Treatment of faecal sludgeEnabling environment and institutional strengtheningFaecal sludge treatment processesOther philantropist foundationUrban (entire city)Politicians and local decision makersPrivate sector, including social enterprises
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India
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