Key Strategic Area: Water Use, Wastewater Resources and Sanitation Futures (WUWRSF)
Thrust: 4 – SANITI
Programme: 3: Municipal Sludge Valorisation
Title: Development of Curricula for Non-Sewered Sanitation & Sludge Valorisation
TOR ID: 1009924
Contact Person : Dr. Sudhir Pillay sudhirp@wrc.org.za
Closing Date: 31 July 2022
Brief Description of ToR:
The Water Research Commission (WRC) has generated a plethora of world-leading research into nonsewered
sanitation. This includes ground-breaking research into pit latrine science, the drying kinetics of
faecal sludge and the development and science advancement of various novel household and communitybased
sanitation systems. Despite the generation of this knowledge, there has little uptake of this research
into university curricula with conventional systems, specifically sewered system design, remaining
entrenched within the academic learning space. Under the constrained resource availability and
urbanisation trends expected, the next generation of sanitation engineers, scientists and decision-makers
need exposure to alternative approaches in this field.
Proposals must be submitted via the WRC Business Management System at https://wrc.microsoftcrmportals.com/
