Fecal sludge management
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Fecal sludge management is the storage, collection, transport, treatment and safe end use or disposal of fecal sludge. Together, the collection, transport, treatment and end use of fecal sludge consti
Fecal sludge being pumped out of a pit latrine in Durban, South Africa
Lack of fecal sludge management: Discharge of fecal sludge into the environment in Burkina Faso
Example of lacking fecal sludge management: Fecal sludge collected from pit latrines is dumped into a river at the Korogocho slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Desludging using proper personal protective equipment in Dumaguete, Philippines
Septic tank
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A septic tank is an underground chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, or plastic through which domestic wastewater flows for basic sewage treatment. Settling and anaerobic digestion processes reduce s
Fecal sludge management
…service chain" of fecal sludge management. Fecal sludge is defined very broadly as what accumulates in onsite sanitation systems (e.g. pit latrines, septic tanks and container-based solutions) and specifically is not transported through a sewer. It is composed of human excreta, but also anything else that may…
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A vacuum truck used to empty septic tanks in Germany
A septic tank before installation, with manhole cover on top
The same tank partially installed in the ground