Fecal sludge management
COLLECTION, TRANSPORT, AND TREATMENT OF FECAL SLUDGE FROM PIT LATRINES, SEPTIC TANKS OR OTHER ONSITE SANITATION SYSTEMS
Septage; Faecal sludge; Fecal sludge; Faecal sludge management; Non-sewer sanitation; Non-sewered sanitation
Fecal sludge management (FSM) (or faecal sludge management in British English) is the storage, collection, transport, treatment and safe end use or disposal of fecal sludge. Together, the collection, transport, treatment and end use of fecal sludge constitute the "value chain" or "service chain" of fecal sludge management.