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
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
Project Toilettes pour Tous (Toilets for all) in Sokodé, sanitation marketing and faecal sludge management (project leader and expert):
Parakou’s Sanitation
Sanitation strategic planning of this secondary Beninese city of 210,000 inhabitants.
- 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
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
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
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.)
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