RUET and ITN-BUET Hold Workshop on Fecal Sludge Management as a Solution to City Sanitation - SDG 12

The workshop covered the full sanitation value chain — from containment to treatment and reuse — and the design of fecal sludge treatment plants.

Participants at the Fecal Sludge Management workshop, organised by ITN-BUET and the Department of Civil Engineering, RUET.

RAJSHAHI — A specialised workshop titled “Fecal Sludge Management: A Solution to Sanitation Problems in Cities” was organised by the International Training Network (ITN-BUET) in collaboration with the Department of Civil Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET).

The workshop gave participants a comprehensive grounding in fecal sludge management (FSM) as a sustainable approach to urban sanitation. Topics included the sanitation profile of Bangladesh, global sanitation practices, and the containment–collection–transport–treatment–reuse value chain.

Participants also explored design and operation-and-maintenance considerations for fecal sludge treatment plants (FSTPs), the evaluation of treatment technologies, and the policy, community-engagement and economic dimensions of FSM.

Facilitators and resource persons included ITN-BUET; Dr. Md. Zahanggir Alam, Professor, Dept. of CE, RUET; Dr. Md. Niamul Bari, Professor, Dept. of CE, RUET; Dr. Anupam Chowdhury, Professor, Dept. of CE, RUET; and Amit Kumar Sarkar, Executive Engineer, DPHE.

The workshop contributes primarily to SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), alongside SDG 11, SDG 3 and SDG 4.

SDG Alignment: SDG 6 (primary); SDG 11; SDG 3; SDG 4.