During the World Water Week in Stockholm, a screening of a documentary entitled “Chasing Poop – Breaking the Silence” was organized by the international firm ...

Finite storage capacities of household pit latrines make safely managing fecal sludge a recurring challenge for 2.7 billion people globally. Frequently without guidance from standards or regulation, ...

This research combines perspectives from behavioral science and engineering to 1) describe the decision-making process of rural latrine owners and pit emptiers in low-income communities, with the goal ...

JICA is set to initiate a new technical cooperation project early next year to support Sri Lanka to improve fecal sludge management. Discussion of this project was concluded between S. Alokabandara, ...

An environmental engineering professor at Columbia University has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a new sanitation facility that could convert ...

JICA is set to initiate a new technical cooperation project early next year to support Sri Lanka to improve fecal sludge management. Record of Discussion of this project was concluded between S.

Kumasi, Ghana — November 19, 2012 — To celebrate World Toilet Day on November 19, researchers at Columbia University's Engineering School, working in Ghana with Waste Enterprisers Ltd., the Kwame ...

Prayagraj: To ensure uninterrupted supply of drinking water and handle sludge generated, the authorities of Jal Nigam will use three temporary treatment plants, permanent sewage treatment plants (STPs ...

Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement in Uganda's northwest has received a fecal sludge treatment plant. The shilling 2.3 billion facility was constructed on the border of Terego and Madi-Okollo districts. It ...

Cities in the "global south" - densely populated urban areas that are part of low-income countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America - should phase out pit latrines, septic tanks and other on-site ...

The government is constructing modern landfills and fecal sludge treatment plants in Musanze and Karongi Districts as part of a broader effort to promote safe waste disposal and environmental ...