Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

Our mandate is to develop and test methods and technologies that help the worlds’ poorest access sustainable water, solid waste and sanitation services.

Compendium des technologies d'assainissement dans les situations d'urgence, French

Compendium of Sanitation Technologies in Emergencies, English

Eawag-Sandec's Research & Capacity Development Projects and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SOWATT – Selecting Organic Waste Treatment Technologies

Faecal Sludge Management: Highlights and Exercises

Black Soldier Fly Biowaste Processing - A Step by Step Guide, Chinese

Black Soldier Fly Biowaste Processing - A Step by Step Guide, English

Pyrolysis of Biowaste in Low and Middle Income Settings. A Step-by-Step Manual

Romanian[9.68MB]
Arabic[10.34MB]
Russian[8.56MB]
2nd edition French[5.66MB]
2nd edition Spanish[9.54MB]

Capacity development for inclusive urban sanitation

This online course is part of the ConCaD initiative: www.sandec.ch/concad. It covers all aspects of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) and is targeted at private sector consulting firms and sanitation professionals.

Learn about sanitation, water, faecal sludge and solid waste management for free, wherever and whenever you want! More info: MOOC webpage.

New Coronavirus Frequently Asked Questions[48KB]

September 18, 2020

Adaptation to warmer environmental conditions may increase the resistance of viruses, making them harder to be inactivated. This is the finding of a new study involving Eawag. Global warming could therefore make it more difficult to combat viruses.