In Yaoundé, fecal sludge contaminates neighborhoods where locals say the combination of insufficient sanitation and the costs of septic tank service lead to dumping in the streets. The city has just ...

Finite storage capacities of household pit latrines make safely managing fecal sludge a recurring challenge for 2.7 billion people globally. Frequently without guidance from standards or regulation, ...

This research combines perspectives from behavioral science and engineering to 1) describe the decision-making process of rural latrine owners and pit emptiers in low-income communities, with the goal ...

An environmental engineering professor at Columbia University has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a new sanitation facility that could convert ...

Indonesia’s rapid urbanization brings challenges to meeting sanitation needs of the urban population. Access to improved sanitation facilities, with human excreta hygienically separated from human ...

Two of the world’s most influential sanitation conferences, AfricaSan and FSM, are joining forces to co-convene an unprecedented event in Cape Town. Through this partnership, conference attendees will ...