About this course: Do you want to learn how to plan affordable and context-specific sanitation solutions? Do you want to be updated on the newest developments in urban sanitation planning and programming? Do you want to get insights about best practices examples of urban sanitation systems in low- and middle-income countries? If yes, this course is for you! The course starts with an introduction about integrated sanitation planning, dealing with citywide planning as well as with planning for specific contexts such as informal settlements. After presenting different sanitation planning frameworks you will learn about the different systems and technologies – the key terminology and concepts and why systems’ thinking is crucial for urban environmental sanitation. The course covers the whole sanitation chain providing detailed information about appropriate sanitation systems (e.g. waterless pit-based, decentralized water-based, black water transport). Eawag-Sandec and EPFL jointly offer this course with sanitation experts from the World Bank and WHO. LANGUAGES We simultaneously offer this course in English and French. The name of the French course is « Planification & Design des Systèmes et Technologies d’Assainissement ». MOOC SERIES “SANITATION, WATER AND SOLID WASTE FOR DEVELOPMENT” This course is one of four in the series “Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development".
Who is this class for: This course is an introduction – the only requirements are an Internet connection and an interest in the topic. A general background in environmental or civil engineering, urban planning or geography would help to fully benefit from this course.
Created by: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Taught by: Christoph Lüthi, Dr.
Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development / Eawag
| Level | Intermediate |
| Commitment | 4-6 hours/week |
| Language | English, Subtitles: French, Hindi, Spanish |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Introduction to sanitation planning & systems approach
The course will begin with an overview of why sanitation is important for human health and environmental protection, especially in urban areas. This is followed by a presentation of the importance of the Enabling Environment. It will then review existing state-of-the-art environmental sanitation planning approaches (Sanitation 21, CLUES, CLTS) that are currently being used in international development.
9 videos, 6 readings
- Video: Trailer
- Reading: Further readings
- Reading: About the course
- Reading: How to use the forum
- Video: 1.1 Overview of the course
- Video: 1.2 City Sanitation Planning (Guest lecture)
- Reading: Sanitation 21 – City wide sanitation planning approach
- Video: 1.3a City-wide sanitation diagnostic tools and planning frameworks [1] (Guest lecture)
- Video: 1.3b City-wide sanitation diagnostic tools and planning frameworks [2] (Guest lecture)
- Video: 1.4 Local Level Sanitation Planning [1]
- Reading: CLUES – Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation
- Video: 1.5 Local Level Sanitation Planning [2]
- Video: 1.6 Local Level Sanitation Planning [3]
- Video: 1.7 Summary Week 1
- Reading: Slides Week 1
WEEK 2
Sanitation systems & technologies
After presenting different sanitation planning frameworks you will learn about the systems approach to environmental sanitation – the key terminology and concepts and why systems’ thinking is crucial for urban environmental sanitation.
11 videos, 2 readings
- Video: 2.1 Introduction to the Compendium
- Reading: Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies
- Video: 2.2 Sanitation Products
- Video: 2.3 Functional Groups
- Video: 2.4 User Interface Technologies
- Video: 2.5 Collection and Storage/Treatment - Single Pit Technologies
- Video: 2.6 Collection and Storage/Treatment - Double Pit Technologies
- Video: 2.7 Collection and Storage/Treatment - Anaerobic Technologies
- Video: 2.8 Conveyance - Container-based Technologies
- Video: 2.9 Conveyance - Sewer-based Technologies
- Video: 2.9b Conveyance - Condominial Sewerage Systems
- Video: 2.10 Summary Week 2
- Reading: Slides Week 2
WEEK 3
Sanitation systems & technologies
The focus of week 3 provides a detailed overview of different sanitation systems, from simple the single pit system to more complex centralised treatment systems. The main treatment processes are then reviewed in detail, highlighting advantages and disadvantages of each.
12 videos, 1 reading
- Video: 3.1 [Semi] Centralized Treatment - Treatment stages
- Video: 3.2 [Semi] Centralized Treatment - Anaerobic Technologies
- Video: 3.3 [Semi] Centralized Treatment - Aerobic Technologies
- Video: 3.4 [Semi] Centralized Treatment - Technologies for Sludge Treatment
- Video: 3.5 Use and/or Disposal - Agricultural Use as Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner
- Video: 3.6 Use and/or Disposal - Effluent and other Products
- Video: 3.7 Emerging Sanitation Technologies
- Video: 3.8 Introduction to Sanitation Systems
- Video: 3.9 Waterless Pit-based Systems
- Video: 3.10 Decentralized Water-based Systems
- Video: 3.11 Black Water Transport Systems
- Video: 3.12 Summary Week 3
- Reading: Slides Week 3
Graded: Quiz
WEEK 4
Urban sanitation solutions - Case studies
In this week we’ll present case studies from Africa and Asia showing different sanitation solutions from neighbourhood to national scale.
6 videos, 1 reading
- Video: 4.1 Case study Nala, Nepal - Implementing CLUES
- Video: 4.2a Case study Erdos, China - an eco-town pilot project [1]
- Video: 4.2b Case study Erdos, China - an eco-town pilot project [2]
- Video: 4.3a Case study Indonesia - How Sanitation in Indonesia was transformed [1]
- Video: 4.3b Case study Indonesia - How Sanitation in Indonesia was transformed [2]
- Video: 4.4 Case study Lusaka, Zambia - Sanitation service delivery through faecal sludge management
- Reading: Slides Week 4
WEEK 5
Urban sanitation tools
Week 5 presents various urban sanitation tools, such a excreta flow diagrams (SFD’s) or sanitation safety planning. In February 2017, we updated this week with a series of modules from our colleagues from the World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme covering key topics of urban sanitation.
10 videos, 1 reading
- Video: 5.1 Shit Flow Diagrams
- Video: 5.2 Introduction to Sanitation Safety Planning (Guest lecture)
- Video: 5.3 Sanitation from a gender perspective
- Video: 5.4 Decision-making Support for Urban Sanitation
- Video: 5.5 Behavior Change in Urban Sanitation
- Video: 5.6 Tools for Institutional and Political Economy Analysis for Sanitation Solutions
- Video: 5.7 Integrated Urban Water Management
- Video: 5.8 Institutional and financial options for sanitation service delivery
- Video: 5.9 Working within the project cycle
- Video: 5.10 Results-based financing to deliver urban sanitation services
- Reading: Slides Week 5
Graded: Final exam
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Very interesting and informative
Muy bueno para sentar las bases de la planeación y diselo de los sistemas de saneamiento en ciclo cerrado, seria bueno hacer una versión para la gente que ya estamos en el sector
Very well planned and easy to understand
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this is a very good program. its insightful. i like the fact that it has additional information to read.