Welcome to Ecosan Service Foundation

FAQs

services & consultation

1. How do I find out if ecosan can be implemented for my purpose?

Contact us for more information or a non-binding offer concerning a solution of your sanitation problem at ecosan@ecosanservices.org

2. How can ESF help me implement ecological sanitation systems?

There are multitudes of different technologies applied in ecological sanitation projects. Which ecosan technology should be applied has to be decided individually in every case, as different projects have different site conditions and clients have different needs, requirements and financial potentials. We will be happy to offer you tailor-made solutions for your specific sanitation problems and help you to implement a sustainable sanitation system, which is ecologically sound, socially viable and cost effective.

3. Can ecosan be implemented at schools?

Yes, Going to school in a clean and healthy school environment is every child's right. Many children in developing countries, however, do not have access to safe and clean sanitation facilities on school. Schools too often suffer from non-existent or insufficient sanitation and hand-washing facilities. In many countries throughout the world, schools have very poor sanitation environments. Under these conditions, schools become unsafe places where diseases are transmitted, with mutually reinforcing negative impacts for the children, their families, the schools and overall development. Good health at school is essential for now and an investment for the future. These are the entry points for good ecological sanitation systems. School children can act as ambassadors for new innovative ecological sanitation systems and can spread the idea among their relatives

"My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation "
	- Bjorn Lomborg

Services Overview

Training Services Education on ecosan by ESF is to enable the people to develop, plan and implement eco-sanitation systems that are hygienically safe, socially acceptable, economically feasible, environmentally sound and technically appropriate.

Promotional Activities ESF partners different organizations in bringing sanitation to limelight, and thus giving true meaning to the word advocacy - “the process of managing information and knowledge strategically to change and/or influence policies and practices that affect the lives of people – particularly the disadvantaged”.

ProjectsThe concept behind ecological sanitation (ecosan) is that sanitation problems could be solved more sustainable and efficiently if the resources contained in excreta and wastewater were recovered and used rather than discharged into the water bodies and the surrounding environment.

Consulting ServicesThe Consulting unit has the mission of supporting individuals, industrial, commercial, residential, educational and governmental partners with the implementation of ecological sanitation systems to manage communal water in their premises.