Hands-on laboratory training for working professionals in faecal sludge management

About the training 

Globally, safely managing onsite sanitation system has remained a challenge. Nevertheless, Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) has evolved worldwide with continual development and improvements keep happening in research methodologies.Therefore, skill development for better scientific understanding ofFSM,its byproducts (treated water and biosolids) becomes imperative. This course focuses on some of the basic and recent advances in laboratory analysis of phyisco-chemical and biological parameters of faecal sludge (FS) and its byproducts. This training is part of the Centre for Science and Environment and Gates Foundation collaboration on FSM in India. In-house experts and lab scientists from CSE’s Environment Monitoring Laboratory (EML) will guide participants through the sessions and help them learn lab analysis using state-of-the-art equipment and methods. The hands-on approach for the program means that participants get to perform the lab experiments and can enhance their skills. The training will be held in CSE’s residential campus in Nimli, near Alwar, Rajasthan.

What you will learn: 

• Introduction to FSM
• Sample collection, storage and transportation
• Safety measures to be taken during handling of FS
• Physio-chemical analysis of FS
• Biological (Helminth eggs, faecal coliform, coli) analysis of FS
• Good laboratory practices

Methodology:

Highly interactive hands-on training:

• Interactive input presentations
• Visit to in campus faecal sludge treatment plants for demonstration of sample collection, storage and transportation to laboratory
• Analysis of physico-chemical parameters such as pH. Total solids, BOD (Biochemical oxygen demand), COD (Chemical oxygen demand), Ammoniacal nitrogen, and Total phosphate (demonstration of Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen estimation).
• Analysis of microbial parameters such as faecal coliform and coli in by multiple tube fermentation technique
• A hands-on testing of Helminths egg enumeration
• Analytical equipment calibration and methodology validation.

Course Coordinator

Saumya
Research Associate
Saumya.t@cseindia.org
Phone: +919871314376

Course Organiser

Rajarshi Banerjee
Director
rajarshi.banerjee@cseindia.org