The main goal of setting up a “Reference Fecal Sludge Testing Laboratory” in the country hosting at BUET, having a variety of facilities to carry out various FS tests (including effluent and sludge), and providing its services to the recipients. The establishment of this RFSTL has the following specific goals:
- Characterize the FS, effluent, and end-product from fecal sludge treatment systems
- Support research works on FS to generate new knowledge and create evidence
- Evaluate new fecal sludge treatment technologies
- Facilitate the surveillance monitoring of the performance of FSTPs
- Build capacity of the other laboratories of the country through providing the capacity building supports (e.g., training)