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About the Course

Do you want learn how to apply concepts of sustainable faecal sludge management (FSM) on a city-wide scale? This course starts with an overview of what faecal sludge is and an introduces you to the engineering fundamentals and required information for the design and selection of technologies. Sanitation solutions are prone to failure if an integrated planning approach that includes stakeholder involvement and the development of appropriate institutional, management and financial arrangements is not implemented. The course therefore dedicates a complete week to presenting the full picture, in addition to technology, that needs to be considered for sustainable solutions. It concludes with a focus on current research and innovations in technologies, to provide an understanding of the most up-to-date options. This course is one of four in the series “Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development"....

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M

Oct 3, 2021

It is an amazing course, I enjoyed quite new topic soo far and I loved the way of teaching of mentors in course. Thank you coursera for giving me an opportunity to better understand the new knowledge.

BD

Jun 10, 2018

It was an excellent learning opportunity with a new challenging field of research. I am keen to register more subjects in the future in related subjects under your mentoring. RegardsDr. Bhaskar Das

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By Bruce M

Jun 1, 2018

Brilliant course

By Carolina J

Sep 10, 2017

Excelente curso

By Luciana S d R

Jul 17, 2017

Excellent

By Νίκος Κ

Oct 24, 2017

GREAT!!!

By Arancha A

Nov 11, 2017

!!!!!

By thetlwinoo

Jul 9, 2017

good

By Balaji V

Jun 13, 2017

tY

By Anna M

Jun 2, 2017

Great course, some modules moved a bit too quick for me but the back up information was really informative and supported this we

By Matthijs W

May 17, 2017

Interesting course, good addition to the MOOC series.

By waled m

May 15, 2017

Entire course is a new learning for me.

By Eder A R C

May 28, 2017

Muy buen curso. Recomendado.

By NAKELSE C

Feb 7, 2023

C'est avec plaisir et beaucoup d’intérêt que j'ai suivi ce cours. Merci de m'avoir permis de renforcer mes connaissances sur ce sujet qui est d’intérêt sanitaire principalement en Afrique. Je me retournerai vers vous de temps en temps pour mieux m'informer. J'ambitionne de créer une entreprise privée dans le domaine de la gestion des BV dans mon pays au Burkina et plus précisément dans les villes de Ouagadougou et de Bobo. et j'espère continuer à bénéficier de votre accompagnement. Bon courage à toute l'équipe dans ce noble travail de bénévola.

By Nabin B

Feb 14, 2023

The course is very adequate and interactive to the learners to begin their knowledge of faecal sludge management. The quiz or polls during the videos or at the end of sections are interesting and helpful to make a conclusion. As I am a graduate with a Master's degree in Sanitation technology, it provides a good revision and helps you think faecal sludge management in an innovative, adaptive and integrated approach. I highly recommend this course to anyone who are intrested to know about faecal sludge Managment. Thank you.

By Jasper C

Feb 26, 2024

I have truly enjoyed this course! As an environmental engineer to-be I think to have the right background to understand the principles behind Faecal Sludge Management that are taught in this course. FSM is unfortunetally not often covered in other WASH courses and I therefore would recommend everyone that has interest in WASH to do this course, you are likely to be inspired and trigger to explore the topic further beyond the course. Thumbs up for the team behind the course, great stuff !

By Nurulloh M F

Aug 15, 2022

A very useful course especially for people who work on sanitation sector. FSM is the most prefered system in my country in handling our domestic waste water from household, so it's very helpful to us to understand the fudamental of FSM supply chain and what we need to evaluate our work on every chain. I look forward more example about FSM implementation in southeast country like vietnam, Idonesia, Malaysia or philipina.

By ISAU R A

Mar 1, 2020

I learned many things about faecal sludge treatment. Though, it's quite unfortunate that the practice and the process only applicable to my country Capital (Abuja) but nevertheless, I can relate and determine many things. So by now, I can plan alongside with my state government and decision makers on how to be treating our faecal in the state and introduce this to neighborhood planning process.

By Lissette P R M

Sep 30, 2019

Considero que este curso es completo, me ha dado la oportunidad de adquirir nuevos conocimientos en la gestión de los lodos fecales, entender las tecnologias para su tratamiento y disposición final y principalmente me ha abierto las puertas para tener acceso a información libre de investigaciones y paginas web dedicadas a esta area.

Gracias por compartirlo de forma abierta y gratuita .

By George V

May 13, 2020

The course was very helpful for me as i am in the same sector- WASH and Solid and liquid Waste Mgmt, The course has definitely increased by knowledge on FSM and the learnings from the course will be incorporated into my new assignments which i would be handling in future. Thanks to all for the wonderful course- George Verghese, Senior Consultant - WASH and SLWM, Bangalore, INDIA

By SARAVANAN R S

Mar 8, 2019

This course provides with a basic overview of various steps involved with faecal Sludge collection, transport and treatment. It also gives information on alternative uses of faecal sludge such as nutrient and energy recovery. A very good learning course for individuals who are concerned with faecal waste treatment. I personally learned a lot by taking this course.

By Bibilore S

Feb 6, 2020

This course was really thought provoking and it challenged me on the status quo of fsm in Nigeria.

I am happy because already i am working on data collection in Lagos State and i hope to review existing situations to influence the right stalkholder involvements

By Sulaiman A

Nov 11, 2021

I have achieved a tremendous success in this course which will go a long way helping me build a career in FSM in particular and Sanitation in general.

Thank you so much all the tutors/facilitators especially Dr. Linda Strande.

Please keep it up.

By Sebastián L C

May 21, 2022

Excelente curso con un material muy didáctico bien explicado y realizado por destacados profesionales en el área del manejo de lodos fecales, 100% recomendado para estudiantes y profesionales del área ambiental y sanitaria.

By MD Z R

Mar 30, 2021

The course was really well structured and as an online course, it was interactive beyond my expectation. I've learnt more than I was hoping for, but did not face any difficulty.

My gratitude to all the lecturers/mentors.

By Mona S

Apr 28, 2021

Great effort was put on the course that reflects the in-depth knowledge and field experience of the instructors. The structure of the course, visual videos and materials are very well structured and easy to follow.

By JANKIBEN G

Aug 7, 2020

The course is very helpful to understand Faecal Sludge Management and Treatment options. The examples provided before starting of the a module were very relatable and helped a lot to understand it well.