Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development

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.

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Sandec News

August 13, 2024

Cities need to become more sustainable and use their water resources more efficiently. Managing water in small-scale cycles is one possible solution. A new white paper shows how this can be achieved.

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MOOC series «Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development»

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Research Projects

Sustainable Waste-based Insect Farming Technologies in Uganda and Malawi
WABES explores opportunities for integrated planning, implementation and sustainability of water, solid waste and fecal sludge service provision in urban settings.
In this project we are assessing the performance of different GDM configurations and implementation models for drinking water treatment at household or community level.
Develops and validates methods to foster “zero-waste” approaches at school level in Nepal and Peru.