Project database
Total results: 526
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2011 - 2012
Washington University in St. Louis
Conversion of fecal waste to biofuels by engineered microbes; integration of sewage sludge digestion with advanced biofuel synthesis
Demonstrating a potential path that combines fungus or engineered bacterium with anaerobic digestion to achieve simultaneous organic waste treatment and advanced biofuel production.
2011 - 2013
re:char
Conversion of human excreta to energy and biochar
Purpose of the project is to use low-cost pyrolysis reactors to convert human waste into biochar, which can be used as a replacement for wood charcoal or chemical fertilizers.
2011 - 2015
Climate Foundation
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Biomass Controls PBC (BMC)
Conversion of human waste into biochar using pyrolysis at a community-scale facility in Kenya
To design, build, and test a self-contained system that can pyrolyze (decompose organic material at high temperatures without oxygen) human solid waste into a type of biological charcoal (biochar) that captures and stores carbon.
2011 - 2013
University of Calgary
Converting excreta to valuable products
To combine anaerobic micro-digesters and micro combined heat/power thermoelectric generation units into a single portable unit that can consume human excreta to generate electricity, heat, methane, fertilizer and water.
2018 - 2020
Container Based Sanitation Alliance
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Cost effectiveness analysis
Compare the cost effectiveness of CBS to other sanitation
2017 - 2019
The Center for Water Security and Cooperation
Creating the first pan-African water and sanitation law and governance platform (RENEWAL); Establishing a water and sanitation legal technical unit (the Blue Phone)
To pilot an urban sanitation technical policy support service for sanitation partners and governments and to develop an Africa water and sanitation law and policy analysis platform
2006 - 2015
ISOE (Institute for Social-Ecological Research)
CuveWaters – Sustainable water management in Namibia
Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in the northern Namibian Cuvelai-Etosha Basin; research project in collaboration with Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD) and other partners
Project ongoing since: 2005
Centre for Water and Sanitation Research - Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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CWSS Research Projects
The Community Water Supply and Sanitation Unit (CWSS Unit) is a South African based multidisciplinary research unit and hub of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) water and sanitation network.
2011 - 2015
University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Data acquisition and field support for sanitation projects
Phase 1 is about designing, prototyping, and evaluating a toilet system that can safely dispose of pollutants and recover valuable materials. The objective of phase 2 is to characterise physical and chemical properties of different excreta streams.
Project year: 2018
Gather
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Data Dive for Urban Sanitation: World's first data dive looking at optimising urban sanitation data
To clean, analyse and interrogate dive one sanitation data set from Lusaka in Zambia
2017 - 2019
WASTE advisers on urban environment and development
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DCAM Benin - Ecological management of faecal sludge and valorization of by-products in Benin
To provide a hygienic and durable solution to the practices of indiscrimate disposal of faecal sludge in Parakou
2015 - 2019
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Decentralised Integrated Sludge Management (DISM)
To put in place an integrated approach for the treatment and reuse of sludge, in order to tackle the problems of sludge collected in wastewater treatment plants and to contribute to reducing CO2 emissions.
2010 - 2012
Southern Illinois University
Decentralized next generation sanitation for diarrheal pathogens: Windmill-driven ATAD (Autothermal, thermophilic aerobic digester) for increased pathogen removal
To test an air-pumping windmill sanitation system using normal, existing flush toilets in actual variable weather conditions for its ability to raise and maintain temperatures in an insulated container for wet composting.
2011 - 2012
Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences (RCEES)
Decentralized sanitation system based on vacuum collection and reuse of excreta and kitchen waste
To build up a more affordable and sustainable sanitation mode which bases principally on vacuum collection of domestic wastes (excrements and kitchen wastes) and reuse them as fertilizer in China.
2016 - 2018
WaterAid
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Demonstration of a decentralized and sustainable FSM solution in a low-income resettlement colony in Delhi
To develop and demonstrate a technically, economically, and socially effective and viable FSM management model for low-income settlements of Delhi and other similar urban areas in India
2013 - 2017
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
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Demonstration of pro-poor market-based solutions for fecal sludge management in urban centers of Southern Bangladesh
To demonstrate financially viable and sustainable Fecal sludge management solutions for cities and towns in Bangladesh
Project year: 2023
Technology Innovation Foundation of IIT Palakkad
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Deployment of innovative toilet technologies for the underprivileged societies
Community intervention activities of Technology Innovation foundation of IIT Palakkad at Kotagiri tribal area, Tamil Nadu, India
2018 - 2021
Athena Infonomics
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Design and roll-out of the FSM toolbox and a MLE platform for urban FSM
To design a Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation (MLE) Platform for Urban Fecal Sludge Management (FSM)
2014 - 2018
Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology
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Determining the effectiveness and mode of operation of Community Lead Total Sanitation (CLTS): The DEMO-CLTS study
The study’s overall goal is to improve the behavioral change strategies used to eliminate open defecation.
2014 - 2016
Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association
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Devanahalli Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP)
To construct a FSTP for safe treatment and disposal of sludge collected in septic tanks and pit latrines in Karnataka, India
2015 - 2016
Durban University of Technology
Developing a uniform STH (soil-transmitted helminth) analysis consortium for analyzing fecal waste samples
This work will result in publically available environmental analytical methods that presents uniformity and consistency in assessing and quantifying the global problem with Soil Transmitted Helminthes and their detection.
2016 - 2022
Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association
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Developing Guidelines for Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems
The development of National Guidelines was one key instrument to facilitate a focused dialogue, for knowledge management, to create awareness, acceptance and capacities. These Guidelines are a reference for more detailed legislation, standards and manuals
2017 - 2020
Duke University
Developing sanitation solutions and in-country manufacturing partnerships - acceleration strategy (RTTC Phase 3)
To develop and test self-contained waste treatment systems in India and South Africa with a focus on transitioning these technologies to field-ready prototypes
2014 - 2016
Asian Institute of Technology
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Development and dissemination of fecal sludge management toolkit for investors, planners and consultants
To accelerate the effective and sustainable implementation of fecal sludge management projects in the urban poor communities where disposal of their excreta still relies upon non-sewer sanitation systems
2012 - 2015
ONAS (National Sanitation Office of Senegal)
Development of a biogas production model from fecal sludge based on the Keur Massar pilot project
The technical and business model has to demonstrate the ability to generate added value from sanitation processes for the benefit of low-income households.
