Hands-on laboratory training for working professionals infaecal sludge Management

Management of sanitation system has been a long term challenge, explicitly for low and middle income countries like India. Nevertheless, Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) is an evolving field worldwide with continual development and improvement happening in research methodologies.Therefore, skill development for testing the quality of faecal sludge and treated wastewater becomes the primary objective. This course focuses on some of the basic and recent advances in laboratory analysis ofphyisco-chemical and biological parameters of faecal sludge. This training is part of the Centre for Science and Environment and Bill&Melinda 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 on their own and can enhance their skills while working on some of the best equipment and protocols in their class. The training will be held in CSE’s residential campus in Nimli, near Alwar, Rajasthan.

What you will learn:

• Introduction to fecal sludge management and Fecal sludge treatment approaches and technologies
• Sample collection, storage and transportation
• Safety measures to be taken during handling of faecal sludge
• Physio-chemical analysis of faecal sludge
• Biological (Helminth eggs, faecal coliform, coli) analysis of faecal sludge
• Analytical equipment calibration and methodology validation.
• Good laboratory practices

Methodology:

Highly interactive hands-on training:

• Interactive input presentations
• Field visit to faecal sludge treatment plant fortechnology demonstration.
• Analysis of physico-chemical parameters such as pH.Total solids, BOD, COD, TKN,Ammoniacal nitrogen, and Total phosphate
• Analysis of microbial parameters such as faecal coliform and coliin faecal sludge
• A hands-on testing of Helminths egg enumeration in fecal sludge
• Analytical equipment calibration (pH meter, Micropipette, Glassware’s, Centrifuge, Balance, Spectrometer) and methodology validation.

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TRAINING COORDINATOR	LAB TRAINING MANAGEMENT
Ms. Saumya Research Associate Saumya.t@cseindia.org Phone: +919871314376	Dr. Kalyana Chakravarthy Sama Senior Research Scientist, sama.kalyanachakravarthy@cseindia.org Phone: +91 9676672769	Mr. Arvind Singh Senger Principal Scientist, arvindsingh.senger@cseindia.org Phone: +91 8879948011