Urban Sanitation & Wastewater Management - WASH Institute

URBAN SANITATION & WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT

Locally appropriate, data driven, sustainable solutions are necessary for maintaining clean cities, healthy citizens, and preventing pollution of water bodies

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We aim to provide 10 million people with accessible and useable public toilets and 100% wastewater management by 2028.

THE PROBLEM

Large gap in availability of public toilets across cities. Most existing public toilets are not usable.

Only 10% of Indian cities have sewage treatment plants. 70% of sewage flows untreated into water bodies.

Most large cities in India supply water from rivers far away at a huge energy cost. Local sources of water, including treated wastewater are not utilized optimally.

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OUR APPROACH

We help cities adopt data driven approach to understand the risks, identify gaps, engage communities, and take action for clean toilets, safe wastewater management, and reuse of treated wastewater.

Data Driven Scientific Approach

We help cities adopt data driven approach to understand the risks, identify gaps, engage communities, and take action for clean toilets, safe wastewater management, and reuse of treated wastewater.

Make public toilet usable

We help cities achieve universal, inclusive, and usable toilets

Track the state of public toilets

We help cities better manage their toilets by providing them with tools to address
Toilet repairs and upgrades
Footfall and utilization
Inclusion and accessibility
Cleanliness
Cost recovery

Determine optimal new public toilet location

We help cities identify locations and implement new toilets based on citizen consultation to improve toilet coverage

Drive wastewater solutioning with data

We help cities manage 100% of their wastewater using a combination of locally appropriate solutions through a standardised, scalable, data driven methodology

Rejuvenate lakes and waterbodies

We rejuvenate waterbodies by preventing pollution, restoring capacity, conserving bio-diversity, and promoting community engagement

Plan wastewater reuse

We help cities enhance water security by reusing treated wastewater

OUR IMPACT

Our programs impact change at an ecosystem level - from grassroots to policy making.

4 States

Implemented Swachh Bharat Mission initiatives across urban areas

2,000+

Public Toilets assessed, monitored, and improved through data-driven systems

100+ Towns

Improved Swachh Survekshan rankings through technical assistance