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Vientiane’s FSM

On December 28, 2017, Posted by , With Comments Off on Vientiane’s FSM

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

Majunga phase 1

On July 17, 2016, Posted by , With Comments Off on Majunga phase 1

Implementation of faecal sludge emptying services, transport and treatment for the city: 

  • Implementation of a faecal sludge treatment plant (drying beds)
  • Equipment for the alternative emptying (manual and simplified motorizing)
  • Development of  operators for collection, transport and treatment at the institutional and financial levels
  • O&M assessment and optimization of the FSM chain

This project also includes development of public toilets (and their management) and equipment of households with improved latrines.

Sokodé’s Sanitation Management

On August 30, 2015, Posted by , With Comments Off on Sokodé’s Sanitation Management

Project Toilettes pour Tous (Toilets for all) in Sokodé, sanitation marketing and faecal sludge management (project leader and expert):

Parakou’s Sanitation

On March 31, 2015, Posted by , With Comments Off on Parakou’s Sanitation

Sanitation strategic planning of this secondary Beninese city of 210,000 inhabitants.

  • Survey campaign for the health risk assessment
  • Focus on the following key points:
    • Regulation of the use of the drainage channels for irrigation purposes
    • FSM chain organization
    • Toilet market organization
    • City centre pond upgrade, addition of drying beds and integration of suburban farmers in its exploitation
    • Pilot public toilets with resource recovery and value creation and management at the household level
  • Resource, Recovery & Reuse

    On August 31, 2014, Posted by , With Comments Off on Resource, Recovery & Reuse

    Evaluation of the international research project “triple R” (Resource, Recovery and Reuse): market stimulation and sanitary control improvement on waste water, grey water and excreta.

    Port-Gentil’s FSM

    On December 31, 2013, Posted by , With Comments Off on Port-Gentil’s FSM

    Port-Gentil is the economic capital of Gabon, with about 200,000 inhabitants. The project consists in implementing a Faecal Sludge Management service for 50,000 inhabitants

    Port-Gentil’s No Mix Toilets Service

    On August 31, 2013, Posted by , With Comments Off on Port-Gentil’s No Mix Toilets Service

    Port-Gentil is the economic capital of Gabon, with about 200,000 inhabitants. The project consists in setting up a No-Mix sanitation service equipping 1,000 households with dry toilets (20,000 inhab.)

    FSM book

    On August 25, 2012, Posted by , With Comments Off on FSM book

  • Co-author of the first guidebook on Faecal Sludge Management
  • Faecal Sludge Management, Systems Approach for Implementation and Operation