Sustainable Faecal Sludge Management in Urban Centres in Ghana

The Government of Ghana has received a grantfrom the African Development Bank and the African Water Facility to finance the Sustainable Faecal Sludge Management (SFSM) Project.

The principal objective is to contribute to increase access to safe, sustainableand inclusive sanitation services, with improved hygiene and faecal sludge management (FSM) services for people living in small and medium size urban centers in Ghana.

The specific project objectives are:

(a) increase access to safe, sustainable and inclusive on site sanitation facilities; 

(b) increase access to efficient and sustainable faecal sludge management (FSM) infrastructure and services; 

(c) creation of opportunities for increased investments in the sanitation sub sector.

The project includes the following components:

Component  1:
Feasibility  studies  and  engineering  design consisting  of activities  that  contribute  to  increase  sustainable  access  to  faecal  sludge  management  (FSM) infrastructure and services for people living in small and medium size urban centres. It involves studies, including socio economic, technical, institutional and financial assessments, campaigns, baseline  studies,  site  selection  and  investigations,  engineering  design  for  collection  and treatment infrastructure and services; and development of innovative strategies to promote and market FS reuse products, and preparation of investment and implementation plans to facilitate future investments, among others.

Component   2:   
Project   managementinvolves   project   and   knowledge management activities. This component comprises project execution, implementation, control and supervision activities to be undertaken by the implementing institutions.