Basic Laboratory Techniques for Professionals Working in Faecal Sludge Management

Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) is a rapidly expanding field, with research approaches constantly being developed and improved. Therefore, skill development for testing the quality of faecal sludge and treated wastewater becomes the key goal. This course focuses on some of the basic techniques in laboratory analysis of phyisco-chemical and biological parameters of faecal sludge. This training is a 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, Tijara, Rajasthan.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Introduction to faecal sludge management
• Faecal sludge treatment technologies in India
• Sample collection, storage and transportation
• Physio-chemical analysis of faecal sludge
• Biological (Helminth eggs, faecal coliform, E.coli) analysis of faecal sludge
• Good laboratory practices

METHODOLOGYHighly interactive hands-on training:

• Interactive input presentations
• Field visit to faecal sludge treatment plant for the demonstration of sample collection, storage and transportation to laboratory
• Analysis of physico-chemical parameters such as pH, Total solids, Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), Chemical oxygen demand (COD), Total Kjeldahl
  nitrogen (TKN), Ammoniacal nitrogen (AN), and Total phosphate (TP)
• Analysis of microbial parameters such as faecal coliform and E. coli in faecal sludge by multiple tube fermentation technique
• A hands-on testing of Helminths egg enumeration in faecal sludge

TRAINING COORDINATORS

DR. ASHITHA GOPINATH
Research Scientist
Environment Monitoring Laboratory, CSE
Email: ashitha@cseindia.org
Phone: 7708319493

DR. RAJARSHI BANERJEE
Director
Environment Monitoring Laboratory, CSE
Email: rajarshi.banerjee@cseindia.org
Phone: 9903048060