2017 - 2019 Reinvented Toilet Phase 4 To test the smoldering Reinvented Toilet prototype, and to support the subsequent design, build, and testing of multiple engineering validation units for foreign field testing.

Building on progress made to date for an energy efficient, cyclic-continuous household sanitation process based on liquid/solid separation or dewatering, in situ drying, smoldering and post smoldering catalytic conversion of solid excreta, and heat pasteurization of liquid waste, work during this phase will focus on continuing process simplification, improving reactor thermal performance, reducing mechanical complexity, improving robustness, learning about and addressing user behavior, identifying and […]

2017 - 2020 Up scaling Faridpur city best practices and continued support in Faridpur City, Bangladesh Transformation of informal sanitation workers into formal entrepreneurs

To foster transformation of informal sanitation workers into formal entrepreneurs while elevating their social and economic empowerment

2017 - 2020 Phase III - Development of superhydrophobic surfaces for sanitation solutions To develop and test low-cost sanitary public waste facilities suitable for implementation in poor communities

Information from press release in November 2017: Professor Chunlei Guo of the Institute of Optics has received $1.5 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his research developing superhydrophobic (water repellent) surfaces. Guo and his team use a powerful laser-patterning technique to create an intricate pattern of micro- and nanoscale structures, giving the metals their new properties. As water bounces off […]

2017 - 2019 Durban, SA Reinvented Toilet field demonstration: Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (NEWgenerator) for onsite sanitation and wastewater recycling - Acceleration Strategy Field testing of two anaerobic membrane bioreactor units in South Africa

To support field testing of two anaerobic membrane bioreactor units in South Africa for complete wastewater treatment and resource recovery that can be used in developing countries without adequate sanitation

2017 - 2018 Complementary Local Urban Environmental Services (CLUES) Bundling of front-line service for fecal sludge management and solid waste management in developing low income cities

Looking at the existing models of SWM and FSM, we will assess whether the so-called CLUES approach can gain traction at local level in 10 developing cities in Africa and Asia. The project will provide an in-depth assessment of the situation, stakeholders and the institutional frame of existing systems. At its core, the work will be based on the Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) and Diamond […]

2017 - 2018 Influencing equitable urbanization dialogue by supporting the development of sanitation and water working papers by World Resource Institute To analyze data, author, and publish an action-oriented research paper on access to sanitation services in cities of the global South as part of the World Resources Report

The project will result in a working paper on challenges and actionable solutions to equitable access to sanitation services in struggling and emerging cities in the global South. The paper is part of the World Resources Report (WRR), Towards a More Equal City. The report examines whether equitable access to core urban public services can help achieve a more economically productive and environmentally sustainable city. […]

2017 - 2019 Technical Assistance for Technology Transfer and Commercialization Support of the AIT Toilet Innovations To improve innovative toilet technologies through cooperation with commercialization partners

To improve innovative toilet technologies through cooperation with commercialization partners by developing products adapted to different sanitation market segments with a focus on affordable products that can serve the poorest people. The overall project consists of two phases, namely: Phase I: Technology/process improvements - delivering reliable and repeatable processes to consistently meeting ISO/PC305 standard after which the advanced AIT’s Reinvented Toilet (RT) technologies shall be […]

2017 - 2018 Establishment of Fecal Sludge Management Twinning Program To meet the goal of improving FSM in Asia, the Multi-Country/City Twinning Program is connecting mentors from successful FSM programs in the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia to recipients chosen from India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Nepal to develop t

The following activities are designed to train recipients from four countries to be able to be equipped with the knowledge, connections, and professional support to successfully implement FSM programs in their communities. Group trips: The program has designed all together 10 trips to allow FSM sector professionals (recipients) from Bangladesh, Indonesia, India and Nepal to visit sites demonstrating successful FSM and attend presentations. Also, it […]

2017 - 2019 Flexcrevator: An Innovative and Novel Pit Latrine Emptying Device Meeting the need of billions: an efficient and hygienic pit emptying device.

NC State partnered with Tri-EHI and Catapult Design to field test, perfect, and assess the market for the Flexcrevator. We field tested the device in Lusaka, Zambia in fall of 2017. We will perform another round of testing this summer (2018) in Kenya. The team will execute final testing with engineering validation units in Malawi, South Africa, Rwanda, Zambia and Kenya later in the year. […]

2010 Earth Auger toilets around the world To market Earth Auger toilets around the world and to continue to optimise them

2017 - 2018 User-Centred Sanitation Design through Rapid Community Engagement To understand how to design, implement, and evaluate approaches to user-centred sanitation that incorporate rapid community engagement and are appropriate for the first stage of rapid-onset emergencies

This projects key activities are: 1. Carry out a landscape review of current community engagement approaches and their appropriateness and impact on sanitation provision in rapid on-set emergencies. 2. Develop and test innovative community engagement approaches and tools that can be used in a rapid-onset emergency 3. Develop a framework for monitoring and evaluating the success of community engagement approaches in emergencies and testing this framework in 2 protracted […]

2016 Aquatron Solid-Liquid Separation Creating awareness about the Aquatron solid-liquid separation technology especially among policy-makers and to execute as many installations as possible

We are working to create awareness of this solid-liquid separation technology among decision-makers in the Indian central government and we also work with a number of Collectors, Sarpanches as well as other private actors with an interest in sustainable sanitation. Apart from this, we plan installations and provide support with the execution.

2015 - 2016 Jambudiyapura Village Total Sanitation Solution Sustainability of decentralised communal small bore sewerage (also, settled or effluent sewerage) and simple wastewater treatment for local reuse in rural villages with low water supply, and limited skills and funding for long term operation

1. Construction of household toilets and bathrooms, sanitary interceptor tanks, gravity small bore sewer network, and vertical vegetated soil filter for wastewater treatment; 2. Education and training program for village residents to operate and maintain the sanitation system; 3. Treatment of domestic wastewater to basic irrigation reuse standards to support local agriculture.

2014 - 2017 State of Urban Water and Sanitation in India The project encapsulates the journey India has undertaken in the urban water and sanitation sector.

A series of stakeholders’ consultation workshops were held at regional and national levels as part of the study, with participation from diverse groups of stakeholders including policymakers at the national, state, and city levels, donor organizations, academia, and sector experts including water and sanitation professionals. These workshops provided primary data from the northern, north-eastern, eastern, southern and western regions of the country. Primary data were […]

2016 - 2025 Sanitation for Millions Improving access to safe sanitation and hygiene globally.

Safe sanitation is a human right and one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6.2). Nevertheless, around 3.6 billion people globally remain without access to safely managed sanitary facilities. About 540 million students do not have basic sanitation in their schools and circa 780 million people depend on healthcare facilities without any sanitation. Financial resources and knowledge that are required to renovate, build, operate, and […]

2017 - 2021 USAID Transform WASH Program in Ethiopia To reach over 1 million households with improved toilets by 2021.

PSI/ Ethiopia launched a national peri- urban sanitation programme, USAID Transform WASH on 2nd January, 2017 with a mandate of reaching over 1 million households with improved toilets by 2021. To achieve this vision, the USAID Transform WASH project follows a holistic market development approach to increase access to and use of WASH products and services with a focus on improved sanitation in the process, […]

2008 - 2010 Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas

In 2008, WECF launched the Empowerment and Local Action (ELA) Program with 29 partners from most EECCA countries and Afghanistan. The ELA program was designed to build the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas, citizens’ organisations, private sector, science and authorities to work in partnerships to contribute to a sustainable rural development, which leads to reduction of poverty in rural areas and increase […]

2016 - 2017 Biogas Toilets for deprived families in Uganda Building biogas toilets for vulnerable families in Mulagi Sub-County

Via a crowdfunding campaign on chuffed.org the necessary finances for building of 17 Biogas toilets in Uganda were collected. The beneficiaries are among the most vulnerable families in Mulagi Sub-County. The project targets on the one hand the inhumane sanitary situation which presents for Ugandan people a serious health risk. On the other hand the Biogas Toilets convert faeces into gas and provide thereby the […]

2014 - 2016 Water Solidarity France - Kyrgystan Giving access to drinking water for families and ensures a sustainable participative water management through women’s empowerment

The project supports the rehabilitation of water systems in An-Oston village, Issyk Kul region, Kyrgyzstan. With the help of the Water Agency Artois-Picardie and the Municipality of St. Omer the project ensures rehabilitation of the water supply system and direct home connexion for 225 households. Access to water not only improves the hygiene of these families but also frees up time for education and other […]

2010 - 2012 Safe water and sanitation for all in Moldova Mobilizing citizens and authorities from Moldova to respect and realize the right to access to safe water and sanitation for all

The project empowered children and citizens to address their right to safe water and sanitation through their own action, initiative and participation. A special focus had been given to promoting good practices in water management (cleaning actions in river basins, water springs and water wells, trainings on sustainable management of the water resources)