Sustainable Sanitation

ENPHO is promoting sustainable sanitation systems that are financially viable, socially acceptable, technically and institutionally appropriate, and environmentally safe. ENPHO is providing services on wastewater management; faecal sludge management and developing sanitation systems for urban and peri-urban areas and emerging small towns in Nepal.

The rapid population growth and haphazard urbanization have resulted to the increment in waste, wastewater and faecal sludge. It has been imperative to address the issues of solid waste management, wastewater management and faecal sludge management. Through the implementation of various urban sanitation focused projects and programmes, ENPHO is supporting for capacity enhancement, formulation of policies and frameworks, public awareness and outreach campaigns on urban sanitation and providing the technical support for the development of treatment plants and systems. Additionally, ENPHO has also piloted Sanitation Safety Planning in Nepal to ensure safety from toilet to table. On top of that, ENPHO has piloted the application of ISO 24521 guidelines for the management of basic on-site domestic wastewater services and thereby help to improve environment sanitation conditions. Furthermore, ENPHO has technically supported Mahalaxmi Municipality to approve and publish Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) By-Laws which is the first-ever on-site sanitation legal instrument in Nepal – “Rajpatra” publication.

Municipalities Network Advocacy on Sanitation in South Asia (MuNASS) Phase II

In 2017, phase I of “MuNASS program” was implemented to support the roll-out of the Institutional and Regulatory Framework (IRF) for Faecal Sludge Management in Nepal. After implementation of the Phase I of the MuNASS program, a need to scale up the program was recognized.

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Pilot Implementation of FSM Standard in Nepal

Like in many developing countries, over 70 percent of the population in Nepal rely on Non Sewered Sanitation (NSS) services such as pit latrines and septic tanks (Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (2011), Government of Nepal). As the number of municipalities has now increased to 293 (2017) from 58 (2014) with many of the small and emerging towns also being classified as municipalities, the percentage of households connected to septic tanks has further increased.

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Sector Performance Monitoring and Financing Feacal Sludge Management (FSM)

To disseminate the knowledge, learning, and FSM framework at two municipalities.

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Evaluation and Monitoring of Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (eFSTP)

To analyse the design assumptions of the FSTPs in regards to the actual quantities and qualities (Q&Q) of faecal sludge discharged.

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Piloting of Sanitation Safety Planning in Nepal

To gain practical knowledge on piloting Sanitation Safety Planning in Nepal

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Conducting a Scoping Assessment in Gulariya Municipality of Bardiya District within a focus on Urban Sanitation including FSM

To assess the current knowledge, attitude, and practices of the municipal people on the water, sanitation, and hygiene behavior. To conduct a scoping assessment on urban sanitation towards total sanitation including Faecal Sludge Management

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Faecal Sludge Treatment plant- prefabricated DEWATS for emergency relief in Kathmandu Valley

To manage the sludge generated from the emergency toilets constructed during the emergency response to the earthquake in Lubhu and nearby areas and camps. To launch the faecal sludge treatment plant and test its functionality and adaptability for the upcoming projects

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Stimulating Fecal sludge management buisiness for effective services delevery in sustsinable sanitation through private sector engagement in ktm valley

The main aim of the project is to provide safe and improved access to sustainable sanitation through private sector engagement and regulation of key policies related to FSM in the city.

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Demonstrating effective Faecal Sludge Management System for Pro-poor sanitation service delivery in Panauti Municipality

To safeguard the environment including water bodies of Panauti Municipality by improving Faecal Sludge Management Systems through action research, effective planning and collaboration and to demonstrate pragmatic PPP model on FSM for sector learning.

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Establishing specialized technical support and field research center for FSM and non sewered sanitation

Within this project, ENPHO provided technical consulting support to government and sanitation partners in designing, implementing and sustainable operation of high quality, end-to-end faecal sludge management systems that improve sanitation, public health, living conditions and the environment in cities in Nepal.

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