Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource through Innovative Waste Management

Safely managed sanitation is a focus of the SDGs and central to stunting reduction and early childhood survival, both identified by the World Bank's Human Capital Index as critical for humans to develop their full potential. In 2015, 4.5 billi...

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Main Authors:	Verhagen, Joep, Scott, Pippa
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	SANITATION RURAL SANITATION FECAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT SDG SAFE SANITATION SUSTAINABLE SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SANITATION SERVICE CHAIN RE-USE BIO-FERTILIZER BIOGAS FSM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/521281568380940320/Safely-Managed-Sanitation-in-High-Density-Rural-Areas-Turning-Fecal-Sludge-into-a-Resource-through-Innovative-Waste-Management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32385

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spelling	okr-10986-323852021-05-25T09:27:38Z Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource through Innovative Waste Management Verhagen, Joep Scott, Pippa SANITATION RURAL SANITATION FECAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT SDG SAFE SANITATION SUSTAINABLE SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SANITATION SERVICE CHAIN RE-USE BIO-FERTILIZER BIOGAS FSM Safely managed sanitation is a focus of the SDGs and central to stunting reduction and early childhood survival, both identified by the World Bank's Human Capital Index as critical for humans to develop their full potential. In 2015, 4.5 billion people lacked access to safely managed sanitation. This paper finds that hundreds of millions more people are exposed to significant health risks due to unsafely managed sanitation. This report explores the challenges of fecal sludge management (FSM) in densely populated rural areas and it presents some typical current practices, examples of financially sustainable FSM services, and global innovations in waste management with potential replicability for FSM. Its aim is to promote dialogue on how to move from the Millennium Development Goals' approach to rural sanitation—effectively, building toilets—to the Sustainable Development Goals' approach: safely managed sanitation systems. The paper concludes that the sanitation service chain spans both private and public goods, and market mechanisms are not always adequate to mitigate the safety risks. Public funding will be needed to cover the affordability gap and address safely managed sanitation, requiring a clear and long-term commitment and support from government. The case is similar to that for networked sanitation: without public support, improving the safety of existing FSM services is likely to decrease profit margins and potentially render businesses unviable. 2019-09-13T20:41:53Z 2019-09-13T20:41:53Z 2019-09-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/521281568380940320/Safely-Managed-Sanitation-in-High-Density-Rural-Areas-Turning-Fecal-Sludge-into-a-Resource-through-Innovative-Waste-Management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32385 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic	SANITATION RURAL SANITATION FECAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT SDG SAFE SANITATION SUSTAINABLE SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SANITATION SERVICE CHAIN RE-USE BIO-FERTILIZER BIOGAS FSM
spellingShingle	SANITATION RURAL SANITATION FECAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT SDG SAFE SANITATION SUSTAINABLE SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SANITATION SERVICE CHAIN RE-USE BIO-FERTILIZER BIOGAS FSM Verhagen, Joep Scott, Pippa Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource through Innovative Waste Management
description	Safely managed sanitation is a focus of the SDGs and central to stunting reduction and early childhood survival, both identified by the World Bank's Human Capital Index as critical for humans to develop their full potential. In 2015, 4.5 billion people lacked access to safely managed sanitation. This paper finds that hundreds of millions more people are exposed to significant health risks due to unsafely managed sanitation. This report explores the challenges of fecal sludge management (FSM) in densely populated rural areas and it presents some typical current practices, examples of financially sustainable FSM services, and global innovations in waste management with potential replicability for FSM. Its aim is to promote dialogue on how to move from the Millennium Development Goals' approach to rural sanitation—effectively, building toilets—to the Sustainable Development Goals' approach: safely managed sanitation systems. The paper concludes that the sanitation service chain spans both private and public goods, and market mechanisms are not always adequate to mitigate the safety risks. Public funding will be needed to cover the affordability gap and address safely managed sanitation, requiring a clear and long-term commitment and support from government. The case is similar to that for networked sanitation: without public support, improving the safety of existing FSM services is likely to decrease profit margins and potentially render businesses unviable.
format	Working Paper
author	Verhagen, Joep Scott, Pippa
author_facet	Verhagen, Joep Scott, Pippa
author_sort	Verhagen, Joep
title	Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource through Innovative Waste Management
title_short	Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource through Innovative Waste Management
title_full	Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource through Innovative Waste Management
title_fullStr	Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource through Innovative Waste Management
title_full_unstemmed	Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource through Innovative Waste Management
title_sort	safely managed sanitation in high-density rural areas : turning fecal sludge into a resource through innovative waste management
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/521281568380940320/Safely-Managed-Sanitation-in-High-Density-Rural-Areas-Turning-Fecal-Sludge-into-a-Resource-through-Innovative-Waste-Management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32385
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Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource through Innovative Waste Management

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