In many countries, particularly developing ones, onsite wastewater systems remain an important measure for sanitation management. However, the poor situation of onsite systems is a common phenomenon in both developed and developing countries. The fundamental issue of onsite systems is that they are not considered to be a public matter, and, since many people do not care about them, they are not even ...

As much as 89% of Nepal’s population relies on on-site sanitation. This means that 2,925 cubic meters of fecal sludge per day are ineffectively contained underground within household premises, informally emptied and transported, and disposed of without treatment in the nearby rivers or marginal lands. These unsafe sanitation practices lead to severe risks to public health and the environment. Rapid ...

The year was 2010. The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) had been working on a partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and several other international development agencies to develop a transformative reform—the Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program (DWSSDP)—which aimed to turn around the urban water services sector of Bangladesh. This was one of the biggest reform ...