Key Strategic Area: Water Use, Wastewater Resources and Sanitation Futures (WUWRSF)
Thrust: 4 – SANITI
Programme: 3: Municipal Sludge Valorisation
Title: What are municipalities doing with their municipal sludge? Understanding the current practices and the cost associated with municipal sludge disposal with case studies
TOR ID: 1009925
Contact Person : Dr. Sudhir Pillay sudhirp@wrc.org.za
Closing Date: 31 July 2022
Brief Description of ToR:
Municipal wastewater sludge generation is an inevitable operational by-product associated sanitation
service provision. Municipal sludge consists of wastewater sludge generated as a by-product from
wastewater treatment and faecal sludge generated from containment in on-site sanitation systems. The
disposal strategies for municipal sludge management are guided by the WRC Sludge Management Guidelines
of 2006 and 2009, which are currently used in Authorisations by the Authorities responsible for water and
environmental affairs to stipulate the regulatory requirements for sludge management. In addition to
disposal, stockpiling of sludges may occur.
Proposals must be submitted via the WRC Business Management System at https://wrc.microsoftcrmportals.com/
