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Fecal sludge management (FSM) entails all activities for the adequate storage, collection, transport, treatment, and safe end use or disposal of fecal sludge (FS) (Strande et al. 2014) within non-sewered sanitation systems such as pit latrines and septic tanks. Fecal sludge, which is raw or partially digested slurry or semisolid, is a result of combinations of excreta and blackwater, with or without graywater. Blackwater is a mixture of human excreta and flush-water along with anal cleansing dry material and/or anal cleansing water. Greywater is wastewater from washing food, dishware, and clothes as well as from bathing. The principal aim of FSM is to ensure that untreated FS is deposited, contained, and removed from the community hygienically and safely, treated, and reused or disposed of safely. It is this premise that the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2 draws the focus on safe human excreta management along the entire...
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Gitonga, F.K., Kanyepi, T., Tanyanyiwa, V.I. (2021). Fecal Sludge Management for Sustainable Cities: Glimpses from Kenya. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Clean Water and Sanitation. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70061-8_181-1
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