Work on the Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) which would manage sludge from over 10,000 households in the areas not covered by the underground sewage system (UGSS), has begun. The plant, to be ...

On the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, septic trucks full of human excrement bump and slosh their way up orange dirt roads to their final destination: the Nduba landfill. Until recently, the trucks would ...

Chennai: Can we reuse for gardening or agriculture the sludge generated by sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the city? A ...

Emphasising the need for managing the faecal sludge (human excreta) speakers at a roundtable yesterday said this sludge will pose huge threats to environment and public health if not properly managed.

American billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates recently reflected on some of the strange things he has done in his life, in a LinkedIn post. The 67-year-old billionaire took to the professional ...

New Delhi: After the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported excessive levels of faecal coliform (FC) in the waters of the Sangam (the confluence of three rivers) at the ongoing Mahakumbh in ...

The United Nations Childrens’ Fund, UNICEF, has urged Bauchi State Government to establish a policy aimed at effectively managing faecal sludge. The U.N Agency stressed on the critical need for ...

The treatment and disposal of septage from toilets is one of the major sanitation challenges being faced by the State. Many a time, the cesspool operators who remove faecal sludge from toilets in ...

Although people’s access to sanitation has been increasing over the last decade, there is still a long way to go to address sanitation problems in urban areas, according to the Faecal Sludge ...

In Bangladesh, only 1 percent defecation happens in open places. It is definitely a great achievement for us. Now we have to be ready for the second generation sanitation problem: safe management of ...