Do you want learn how to apply concepts of sustainable faecal sludge management (FSM) on a city-wide scale? This course starts with an overview of what faecal sludge is and an introduces you to the engineering fundamentals and required information for the design and selection of technologies. Sanitation solutions are prone to failure if an integrated planning approach that includes stakeholder involvement and the development of appropriate institutional, management and financial arrangements is not implemented. The course therefore dedicates a complete week to presenting the full picture, in addition to technology, that needs to be considered for sustainable solutions. It concludes with a focus on current research and innovations in technologies, to provide an understanding of the most up-to-date options.
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Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management
École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneAbout this Course
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
An introduction to faecal sludge management
Overview of fundamentals for design and selection of treatment technologies
Treatment technologies for faecal sludge
Integrated approach to faecal sludge management
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- 3 stars2.24%
- 1 star0.48%
TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO FAECAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT
Highly recommended course for anyone who wants to learn about the basics of Faecal Sludge Management. I thank the instructors and the entire team for a thorough coverage of topics in FSM.
The course was so educative will come out with very many local context research especially in the refugee settlement and host community
Great course, some modules moved a bit too quick for me but the back up information was really informative and supported this we
this course is very useful in WATER SANITATION HYGIENE sector.
it helped me in understanding very new concepts related to FSM.
thank you .coursera and EWAG team.
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