2014 - 2017 Urine diversion toilet waste removal and re-use through black soldier fly (BSF) technology Public Private Partnerships in the eThekwini Municipality, South Africa, to improve the delivery of sanitation services through an incentivized contract for emptying and transport and for processing of excreta to develop valuable products

Though funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the eThekwini Municipality’s Water and Sanitation Unit (EWS), together with a professional consulting team (Khanyisa Projects, Partners and Development and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Pollution Research Group) is exploring the use of business partnerships using incentivized contracts for the safe and efficient removal and disposal or processing of the UD contents. Update in Feb 2019 […]

2014 - 2017 Sanitation Service Level Agreements Blantyre City (SSLABC) The purpose of this project is to expand the provision of sanitation services to the poor population of Blantyre, Malawi.

Stakeholders: Assessments of Motivation and Capacity – Blantyre City Assembly & City Councillors – Population – esp market committees and users – Private sector – Banks / MFIs – NGOs – esp working in slums Need for decentralised treatment sites to support the public toilets and emptying businesses - – Reduce transport time and costs – Reduce risk of spilling sludge – Aesthetics – no sludge through CBD – Treated sludge – valorised & reused

2014 - 2015 Stimulating Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) business for effective service delivery in sustainable sanitation through private sector engagement in Kathmandu Valley The main goal of the project is to create enabling environment in providing population of Kathmandu Valley with safe and improved access to sustainable sanitation through private sector engagement and regulation of key policies related to FSM in the city.

The Government of Nepal has set a target of achieving universal access to sanitation by 2017. Therefore many agencies are promoting various sanitation systems but proper planning of Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) is often neglected which is causing severe adverse impact in the environment. FS generated from on-site sanitation systems in urban areas are disposed of haphazardly into the environment and illegally dumped into the […]

2013 - 2014 Theoretical and practical advantages to applying performance-based payment structures for sanitation service delivery Performance based approaches are intended to play an important role in making public service delivery more results-oriented. Purpose of this project is to create a white paper that describes the theoretical and practical advantages.

This paper discusses certain key preconditions or capabilities in the institutional and project level environment that could improve the prospects of performance agreements in achieving sanitation service goals. These capabilities, while not intended to guarantee desired outcomes, offer a cohesive set of abilities and actions that can be undertaken by contracting parties in order to accelerate results and progress in the sanitation sector.

2014 - 2017 City-wide delivery of sustainable and equitable sanitation services in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India This project aims to implement sanitation solutions for the city of Warangal in India that are non-networked and cover the entire sanitation value chain

To develop a plan for universal access to safe sanitation in Warangal City in Andhra Pradesh, India with a focus on the poor leading to an open-defecation free city by providing non-networked services with the involvement of private sector; To implement sanitation solutions for the city of Warangal in India that are non-networked, cover the entire sanitation value chain, are equitable, sustainable, tailored to local […]

2014 - 2017 Bringing sustainable and equitable sanitation services to small and medium towns in India Bringing universal sanitation services across the FSM chain to two small towns in Maharashtra, India and capture the lessons in order to build the capacity of other small and medium cities in the state of Maharashtra and India

This project demonstrates an approach for small and medium towns in India to achieve universal sanitation. This includes promoting ‘one family one toilet’ where possible, as well as safe collection, conveyance, and treatment of fecal sludge. While the local governments are mandated with this responsibility, the project will explore private sector participation for FSM activities and in financing household sanitation as well as FSM. It […]

2014 - 2015 To analyze scope of private sector engagement in delivery of equitable sustainable sanitation service at Dhaka city level To develop fecal sludge management strategies for better sanitation service availability and improved health and living environment for the urban poor communities of Dhaka.

2014 - 2017 Public Private Partnerships for sustainable sludge management services in Faridpur, Bangladesh To establish effective and consistent sludge management services, ensuring the city’s sustainably healthy environment and its people health.

The municipality of Faridpur have elaborated its vision for a “sustainable and safe city-wide faecal sludge management system serving all municipal residents and institutions in Faridpur municipality by 2025”, to achieve sustainable FSM component of the City Development Plan. This vision involves addressing the three systemic problems that create binding constraints on the emergence of scaled, environmentally safe, and financially sustainable private sector-led functions in […]

2013 - 2016 Integrated sanitation investment planning tool Developing a decision support tool that will help cities provide cost-effective and sustainable sanitation options for all, especially the urban poor

User-friendly technology decision support tool integrates cost, cap/opex costs, logistics, equity, resource constraints (e.g. water/land/energy), human skills in a way that aligns with cities' existing management planning approaches and resources. In Phase I, a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) has been developed and used in one Urban Local Body (ULB) in India to determine technology choice options. Phase II will allow CSTEP to convert the PoC to a […]

2013 - 2015 The microbial fuel cell latrine – Enhanced electricity recovery from domestic waste and expanded deployment Converting the energy contained in human excreta into electricity using a modular Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) designed to retrofit existing composting latrines.

The Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Latrine has been demonstrated as viable sanitation technology . Built with community resources, our MFC Latrine is a low-cost, low maintenance toilet that directly converts the potential energy contained in human waste (human excreta) into electricity, while simultaneously removing the organic matter and nutrients that deteriorate can pollute ecosytems and allow pathogens to persist in water sources . A microbial […]

2013 - 2014 Adaptation of pyrolysis technologies to the waste treatment market To advance the application of pyrolysis technology to treat human waste, as a solution that can increase access to safe sanitation through offering a modular system appropriate for urban environments in developing countries.

Unilever are creating Oya, a community scale sanitation treatment system to serve over 2,500 people. Oya will take in human waste alongside other wastes that cause harm to the community, such as clinical, household and industrial wastes. These waste materials will be converted to useful products such as water, energy, ash and soil improver. Oya will modify a commercially available pyrolysis unit to treat human waste streams. […]

2013 - 2018 Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) Contributing to a healthier, more productive urban poor in Asia through supporting innovations in policies, business models, and technologies for sanitation and septage management services

ADB’s support to sanitation: Water Financing Program • Sanitation Trust Fund: Financial contribution from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • Non-sewer sanitation solutions Pilot and Demonstration Activity: • Innovative technologies • Policy reforms • Capacity development • Knowledge products Water Operators Partnerships: • Twins weak and strong utilities • Objective: Adopt mentor’s best practices Promoting Innovations in Wastewater Management: • Website • Case studies • Project development • Technology datasheets • Videos • Toolkits

2013 - 2015 Sanitation for all: Development of the Biofil Toilet System for scale up To further develop an innovative system for on-site processing of human waste so that it is safer, more affordable, and more available to all, especially the poor

2012 - 2016 Fecal sludge-based biogas: Pathway to making sustainable sanitation services accessible for the urban poor in Burkina Faso To develop a technical solution and a business model that demonstrates the ability to generate added value from excreta for the benefit of poor households in urban areas in Burkina Faso.

2012 - 2015 Development of a biogas production model from fecal sludge based on the Keur Massar pilot project The technical and business model has to demonstrate the ability to generate added value from sanitation processes for the benefit of low-income households.

2012 - 2016 Community Hygiene Clubs - Community Based Environmental Health Promotion Programme (CBEHPP) To monitor the CBEHPP in Rwanda and achieve cost-effective and sustainable hygiene behaviour change through implementation of the holistic and integrated Community Hygiene Club (CHC) model to prevent common diseases.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Rwanda is currently implementing the Community-Based Environmental Health Promotion Programme (CBEHPP) which is in the process of establish Community Hygiene/Health Clubs (CHCs) in all 15,000 villages across Rwanda. The CHC model, as originally developed in Zimbabwe by Africa AHEAD (AA) in 1995, has in-built monitoring systems and tools . Although the CHC methodology has been adopted in a number […]

2013 - 2018 Ghana Sanitation and Water in Small Towns and Rural Areas (SAWiSTRA) Programme Assisting rural communities and small towns in four regions in Ghana to have access to safe sanitation and drastically reduce open defecation.

The purpose of the project is to assist rural communities and small towns in four regions (Western, Central, Eastern and Volta ) in Ghana to have access to safe sanitation and drastically reduce open defecation. The FSM study is underway and should provide an overview of existing public and private options used by households, institutions and public facilities. The study includes a review of national policy […]

2013 - 2016 Reinvent the toilet challenge - China Regional Program To design, prototype and test entirely stand-alone, self-contained, practical sanitation modules which intake bodily wastes or fecal sludge swiftly dispose of them without being connected to the utility grid.

Reinvent The Toilet Challenge China (RTTC-China) is funded and supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. University of Science and Technology Beijing team is responsible for the organization and implementation of all the activities for this event. Toilet Technology R&D biddings and Toilet Innovation Concept Contest by university students are included in this event. Toilet Technology R&D biddings intends to attract exceptionally high-qualified Chinese consortia […]

2013 - 2016 Discovery and design of toilet malodor counteractants for managing offending smells and increasing consumer acceptance of reinvented toilets To bring performing and affordable malodor counteracting solutions to the beneficiaries of the Foundation’s WSH initiatives by making the use of affected toilets a more desirable experience.

Conclusions: - The fecal reconstitution (4 molecules) produced similar results as the latrine reconstitution (same 4 molecules + 4 others found in latrines sludge) in every country. - A reconstitution with butyric acid, p-cresol, indole and dimethyl trisulfide can evoke an olfactory experience similar to the one during the use of latrines in three different continents. - This confirms and consolidates previous studies on fecal odors that butyric […]

2012 - 2014 Africa Sanitation Think Tank – Bridging the sanitation knowledge gap and connecting policy & practice in Africa Catalyzing the establishment of the Africa Sanitation Think Tank

Catalyzing the establishment of the Africa Sanitation Think Tank