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Financing Sanitation: Treatment focuses on the financing mechanisms for wastewater and fecal sludge treatment infrastructure and operations, offering insights into how cities plan and finance treatment capacity to manage increasing volumes of fecal sludge.

Key Questions

This learning brief on the treatment segment of the sanitation service chain explores the following questions:

  • How do stakeholders who provide financing for FS and wastewater treatment vary across geography?
  • How do the sources of finance for the sanitation service authority vary across geography?
  • Is the budget allocated for OPEX sufficient to cover costs? How does the sanitation service authority respond to any shortfall?