The Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) project for Huye Town is designed to close a major sanitation gap affecting its 256,148 inhabitants, who rely predominantly on on site sanitation systems without a safe, structured mechanism for collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of faecal sludge. The lack of a dedicated treatment plant has contributed to illegal dumping, contamination of water bodies, and increased risks of waterborne diseases. The project responds to Rwanda's national commitment under NST1 and SDGs to achieve 100% safely managed sanitation by 2050, transitioning Huye from its current 62% basic sanitation coverage to full compliance with safely managed standards.
At the center of the investment is the construction of a 240 m³/day Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant specifically sized for Huye's urban population.
The Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) project for Huye Town is designed to close a major sanitation gap affecting its 256,148 inhabitants, who rely predominantly on on site sanitation systems without a safe, structured mechanism for collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of faecal sludge. The lack of a dedicated treatment plant has contributed to illegal dumping, contamination of water bodies, and increased risks of waterborne diseases. The project responds to Rwanda's national commitment under NST1 and SDGs to achieve 100% safely managed sanitation by 2050, transitioning Huye from its current 62% basic sanitation coverage to full compliance with safely managed standards.
At the center of the investment is the construction of a 240 m³/day Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant specifically sized for Huye's urban population.
The facility will incorporate a complete treatment chain that includes:
• Faecal sludge reception and screening,
• Sedimentation and digestion through an Imhoff Tank,
• Unplanted drying beds for dewatering digested sludge,
• Long term sludge storage, and
• Treatment of wastewater through an Anaerobic Baffled Reactor, followed by first and second stage vertical flow planted filters (constructed wetlands), and finally a maturation pond to ensure compliant effluent discharge.
This project is expected to increase access to sanitation services for 256,148 people in Huye District, which will in turn improve sanitation services in urban areas of Huye from the current 62 % basic sanitation services to 100% safely managed. sanitation services for the town by 2050.