Faecal Sludge Management of Vientiane, the capital of Laos (1,000,000 inhab concerned):

• Building a plant for the treatment of the city’s sludge(humification planted beds)
• Organizing the coming of the existing emptying companies to the plant (profit-sharing and coercion measures)
• Start-up of the treatment process (green engineering)
• Optimizing plant’s operation & maintenance, humus production and marketing during the first two years
• Developing a valid economic model based on the pricing of FS discharges and humus sales, in order to establish a  PPP according to the acquired experience

Duration: 2015-2019

»»» SIA’s role: team coleader & FSM expert

Partners: WTA, GRET

Funding: AESN, SIAAP (Decentralized French cooperation), AIMF, Vientiane city

2017:

• Treatment commissioning and optimization
• O&M and monitoring (technic & financial)
• Involvement of emptying operators
• Regulations and organisational setup updates

Discharging fees collection at FSTP entrance, July 2017

2016:

• Plant construction
• Involvement of emptying operators
• Training of the local authorities

Emptying Operator Workshop, June 2016

STBV Vientiane, Construction, July 2016 (credit: GRET WTA)

2015:

• Technical surveys
• Administrative solutions
• Detailed design of the treatment plant

2014:

FSM Preliminary Studies:

• Institutional analysis
• Preliminary studies and preliminary design of the humification plant
• Market research for humus and financial analysis of the FSM system
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
• Defining the project strategy
• Support to the authorities and funders