Background Note to Quality in Faecal Sludge Management

● Outcome standards specify the quality of the end products to be achieved by the treatmentplant ● Process standards specify critical process parameters that help achieve a set outcome ● Service standards specify the expected service level benchmarks to be achieved by the various service providers along the FSM value chain In addition to the quality benchmarks and treatment standards, the document. [...] Recommended Principles to Define Standards Considering the issues outlined above the following principles should guide the process of defining the standards: ● Parameters used to define standards should be few, simple to apply and should not result in significant increase in capital and operations cost of FSTP ● Capacity to monitor and test for the standards should be considered ● Standards should. [...] A composite sample of the batch Moisture content in the end End of 12 months or at the time < 25% moisture content product of sale/evacuation from the FSTP, whichever is later Appendix 6 in the Quality in FSM document prescribes the methodology for data collection related to this standard. [...] Moisture content in the sludge can be measured by probes and the results of these should be made available before the sale/evacuation of biosolids from the treatment facility. [...] The difference in composition and the limitations in the treatment processes, mean that adapting existing CPCB standards prescribed for STPs, would increase the complexity of treatment and hence increase the capital and operations cost of FSTP.