The Water Wheel March-April 2017

Abstract

Fluid Thoughts Fluid Thoughts Sanitation – a global revolution is afoot More than a thousand delegates from sixty one countries converged in Chennai, India in the third week of February to discuss the global sanitation challenge. This was the 4th international conference on Faecal Sludge Management – known as FSM4. In her opening keynote address, Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, was clear – the economic and social arguments were stronger than ever for a huge investment injection into safe sanitation globally, but, perhaps our strongest driver is the quest to expand the frontiers of dignity. The SDG (sustainable development goal) target for sanitation is an ambitious one, and was the subject of much discussion and anxiety for delegates from around the world. Global universal sustainable access to safe sanitation by 2030 is without doubt an immense challenge.

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