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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Research Projects

WABES explores opportunities for integrated planning, implementation and sustainability of water, solid waste and fecal sludge service provision in urban settings.
Field Testing of an Open-source Do-it-yourself Template to produce robust NoMix toilets locally
Develops and validates methods to foster “zero-waste” approaches at school level in Nepal and Peru.
Sustainable Waste-based Insect Farming Technologies in Uganda and Malawi