Technology validation

Scaling WASH innovation

Field testing, optimisation and market positioning for sanitation technologies under East African operating conditions.

8 projects

Project highlights from this workstream.

Each entry brings together the purpose of the work and its key outputs or results.

2022

Humanitarian Sanitation Solution (Saniforce)

A modular human-waste treatment system for humanitarian settings, piloted at the Kisumu WASH Technology Hub.

Highlights

  • Pilot installation and performance monitoring in Kisumu
  • Optimisation using operator and user feedback
  • Partners included Sistema.bio, Veolia Foundation and ETH4D
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2022

PuPu Pump

A small-scale, mobile pit-emptying unit for hard-to-reach areas.

Highlights

  • Field testing in Kisumu with manual pit emptiers
  • Market insight and product improvement for East African deployment
  • Standardised testing and dissemination through the technology centre
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2021

Honey Dipper

Equipment that extracts and dries waste from pit latrines for safer, more cost-effective transport.

Highlights

  • Installed and tested in Kisumu under the sanitation technology centre
  • Technical feedback for product improvement
  • Market research and sizing for Kenya
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2020-2021

DungBeetle anaerobic digesters

Modular anaerobic digesters for human-waste treatment and energy generation.

Highlights

  • Two pilots in Nairobi
  • Monitoring and evaluation of digester performance
  • Design and operations manuals
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2021

Green Latrine (Vetiver)

Finish Mondial Global Sanitation Innovation winner using Vetiver grass for effluent and leachate treatment.

Highlights

  • Pilot installation in Busia, Kenya
  • Treatment-line monitoring
  • Design manual and M&E framework
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2019-2021

Dewatering test rig

A simple, low-cost fecal-sludge dewatering rig for decentralised FSTPs.

Highlights

  • Design and installation of a dewatering trial process
  • Sludge dewatering trials
  • Research guidance for treatment decisions
2020-2021

Solid-waste management optimisation software

Geolocation software for route optimisation, asset management and service verification.

Highlights

  • Trial with two private-sector organisations in Nairobi
  • Technical and user feedback for product improvement
2021

Fecal sludge treatment review

A technology selection matrix for managing faecal sludge.

Highlights

  • Strategy guidance for treatment, disposal and reuse
  • System recommendations for fecal-sludge treatment sites in Nairobi