Novel Concepts, Systems and Technology for Sludge Management in Emergency and Slum Settings

Peter Matuku Mawioo, a Sanitary Engineer, was born in 1979 in Kitui County, Kenya. He obtained his MSc. in Municipal Water and Infrastructure; specialization in Sanitary Engineering from IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands in 2010. Peter obtained his BSc degree from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; specialization in Water and Environmental Engineering from Egerton University, Kenya in 2006. He is currently employed as a Lecturer in Public Health Engineering in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at the University of Eldoret (UoE), Kenya. Peter carried out his PhD studies in Sanitary Engineering at Delft University of Technology, Delft and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands between 2011 and 2017. His PhD research topic focusses on the development and improvement of sanitation technologies for application in isolated cases such as the slum, emergency, and similar situations. Peter’s research interests include biological wastewater treatment, membrane bioreactors, wastewater reuse, non-sewered sanitation, and innovative scientific environmental technologies.

Introduction, Emergency sanitation: A review of potential technologies and selection criteria, Innovative approaches to emergency sanitation: The concept of the emergency sanitation operation system - eSOS®, Microwave technology as a viable sanitation technology option for sludge treatment, Evaluation of a microwave based reactor for the treatment of blackwater sludge, Microwave treatment of faecal sludge from intensively used toilets in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, Design, development and evaluation of a pilot-scale microwave based technology for sludge sanitization and drying, Conclusions and outlook.