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Faecal Sludge management
Sludge for food, food for thought
Posted on 06 Jun, 2024 10:42 PMUntreated sludge from sewage treatment plants can pose a risk to environmental health and, hence, human health. However, if safely used, this sewage sludge can be a rich source of nutrients for agriculture.
![Sludge being used as a compost (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-06/sludge.jpg?itok=bZrGbH4_)
Faecal Sludge Management and sanitation in India-A tenuous link
Posted on 13 Feb, 2024 11:33 AMAccess to improved water and sanitation, still a challenge for India
![Empty faecal sludge drying bed (Image: Lars Schoebitz)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-02/faecal%20sludge.jpg?itok=ZcpRwq_U)
Women are pioneering inclusive water and sanitation services in urban poor settlements
Posted on 28 Feb, 2023 07:16 PMAcross the world and in India, collective organisations run by and representing women have emerged as important platforms for demanding basic amenities like water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure and services.
![Women-led community-based groups connect with the urban local body for issues related to solid waste collection and accessing desludging services for on-site sanitation systems. (Image: CPR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-02/lead%20image%202%20of%20IMG-20220525-WA0026.jpg?itok=-NJVH6Wg)
Haryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state
Posted on 19 Feb, 2023 07:26 PMHaryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state
![States and union territories have been advised to undertake testing of water quality on a periodic basis (Image: Maxpixel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-02/Liquid-Fountain-Water-Mountains-Drinking-Water-4156787.jpg?itok=B90JYhQD)
Challenges in planning faecal sludge management systems
Posted on 30 May, 2021 12:02 PMSanitation targets for SDG 6 can only be met if the focus expands from just access to the full cycle of sanitation – access, conveyance, treatment and re-use.
![Empty faecal sludge drying bed (Image: Lars Schoebitz; Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/fssm1_0.jpg?itok=-1vRqtKK)
Online Course – Advanced Training for Design Engineers on Faecal SludgeTreatment
Posted on 07 Mar, 2021 09:11 PM![Flyer](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Flyer%20-OnlineAdvancedTrainingforDesignEngineers%20on%20FST-jpeg.jpg)
For more details download the flyer and overview of the training from below.
Advance Training on Planning for Faecal Sludge Management Implementation
Posted on 22 Dec, 2020 01:09 PM![Advance Training on Planning for Faecal Sludge Management Implementation](/sites/default/files/inline-images/flyer-onlinecourseadvancetrg-f.jpg)
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Strengthening institutional arrangements for faecal sludge management
Posted on 20 Dec, 2020 06:09 PMFaecal Sludge Management (FSM) has close linkages with a variety of development themes such as environment, health and human rights.
![An assessment at the beginning of Project Nirmal indicated the absence of institutional mechanisms for effective coordination and collaboration among the various government departments across state, district and local levels (Image: SuSanA Secretariat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/fstp-susana.jpg?itok=js4nt9xD)
Putting faecal sludge management on track
Posted on 20 Dec, 2020 12:44 PMTo fully leverage the health, well-being and environmental benefits of improved sanitation access provision of safe, economical and sustainable emptying, transportation and treatment facilities for faecal waste become imperative.
![Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant at Dhenkanal, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/fst_plant.jpg?itok=u8HevKlA)
India Sanitation Conclave and the ISC-FICCI sanitation awards, April 27-28, 2017, New Delhi
Posted on 16 Feb, 2017 12:36 PMThe India Sanitation Conclave will be a platform for deliberating on the various themes around corporate engagement in sanitation across India, from policy and regulatory enablers to best practices and business opportunity through the Build-Use-Maintain-Treat value chain.
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