Short Course on Planning and Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies

Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology – Eawag

Do you want to learn how to plan affordable and context-specific sanitation solutions? Be up-to-date on the newest developments in urban sanitation planning and programming? Get to know best practice examples of urban sanitation systems in low- and middle-income countries? If yes, this course is for you!

This course provides you with an introduction to integrated sanitation planning, both on a citywide scale and for specific contexts such as informal settlements. You will become familiar with different sanitation planning frameworks as well as different systems and technologies relevant along the sanitation value chain. You will learn why systems’ thinking is crucial for urban environmental sanitation, and how to apply key terminology and important concepts.

Curriculum

• Introduction to urban sanitation planning
• Sanitation systems and technologies – part 1
• Sanitation systems and technologies – part 2
• Cross-cutting topics and sanitation tools
• Global sanitation case studies