RT Report
T1 Faecal Sludge Management in Africa:  Socioeconomic Aspects and Human and Environmental Health Implications
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 International Water Management Institute, 
K1 faecal sludge
K1 wastewater
K1 sanitation
K1 sanitation service
K1 waste treatment
K1 waste collection
K1 waste management
K1 environmental health
K1 health
K1 Africa
K1 West Africa
K1 East Africa
K1 socioeconomic aspects
SN 978-92-807-3811-7
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34350
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34350
NO This publication aims to explore how current trends in faecal sludge management are impacting human and environmental health in Africa (both sub-Saharan and Northern Africa). Faecal sludge comes from on-site sanitation technologies in the form of raw or partially digested slurry or semi-solid material. Its management involves storage, collection, transport, treatment and safe end use or disposal. Some factors that make it difficult to manage sustainably include population growth and urbanization, over-reliance on financial aid for the construction of treatment plants, low revenue generation from users of treatment facilities, poor operation and maintenance, and inefficient institutional arrangements for faecal sludge management.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026