Key Strategic Area: Water Use, Wastewater Resources and Sanitation Futures (WUWRSF)
Thrust: 4 – SANITI
Programme: 2: Sanitation Sensitive Design
Title: Understanding the current trends and advances in municipal sludge technology and innovative options related to sludge management
TOR ID: 1009923
Contact Person : Dr. Sudhir Pillay sudhirp@wrc.org.za
Closing Date: 31 July 2022
Brief Description of ToR:
Municipal wastewater sludges are produced in large quantities from wastewater treatment works.
Generally, sludge treatment and disposal can account for half of the operating cost of sewage treatment
plants. According to the State of Waste Report (SoWR, 2018), there are 824 large-scale municipal and
private wastewater treatment works generating around 632,749 tonnes of wastewater sludge. Municipal
wastewater sludge production will continue to increase as more people move to urbanized areas, new
treatment works are implemented and environmental standards become more stringent. With some
traditional disposal routes coming under pressure, the challenge is to find cost-effective and innovative
solutions whilst responding to environmental, regulatory and public pressures. The continuous
advancement of sludge treatment processes is therefore critical to municipal wastewater treatment
operations and the healthy development of the sewage treatment industry.
Proposals must be submitted via the WRC Business Management System at https://wrc.microsoftcrmportals.com/
