Eawag | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science andTechnology

About

Eawag (the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic
Science and Technology) started in 1936 as a
water and wastewater treatment research
institute, and is part of the ETH Domain (Swiss
Federal Institutes of Technology). The mandate
of the Sandec (Sanitation, Water, and Solid
Waste for Development) Department at Eawag
is to develop and test methods and
technologies that help the world’s poorest to
access sustainable water and sanitation
services. Sandec has been conducting research
into faecal sludge management for 25 years.
Faecal sludge analysis is conducted at the
Eawag and ETH laboratories in Switzerland and
at partner-institution laboratories in many
countries throughout Asia and Africa.
Numerous resources are available free of charge
on the Sandec website www.sandec.ch/
fsm_tools, including publications, books,
online courses, workshops, newsletters and
reference materials.