This paper sets out the survey and initial assessment of the current status of fecal sludge management and treatment in Thai Nguyen City as a basis for further researches and the basis for managers, professionals launch fecal sludge management and treatment measure which suitable with Thai Nguyen city | Hoàng Lê Phương Tạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ 139(09): 91 - 95 SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT STATUS OF FECAL SLUDGE IN THAI NGUYEN CITY Hoang Le Phuong* College of Technology - TNU SUMMARY According to Decree No. 42/2009/ND-CP Thai Nguyen City is urban type II, the speed of urbanization in Thai Nguyen is growing rapidly along with the increase in population, which led to the advent of mass septic tanks in the household toilets or toilets of agencies, schools, service centers. and a large amount of sludge from septic tanks is generated annually, but the management of type this waste in Thai Nguyen City isn’t good and the city also do not have planning about the treatment area as well as treatment measure for fecal sludge. Only a small amount of fecal sludge is collected and landfill with municipal solid waste in Tan Cuong solid waste treatment area. A large amount of fecal sludge is dumped arbitrarily. This is causing serious environmental pollution. This paper sets out the survey and initial assessment of the current status of fecal sludge management and treatment in Thai Nguyen City as a basis for further researches and the basis for managers, professionals launch fecal sludge management and treatment measure which suitable with Thai Nguyen city. Keyword: sludge, fecal sludge, septic tank, fecal sludge management, fecal sludge treatment OPENNING* Nowaday, In Viet Nam general and Thai Nguyen city, along with economic development is rapid population growth, particularly in urban areas. According to the Ministry of Construction urban population will account about 45% in 2020 [3]. The rapid development of the urban population has led to the generation of large amounts of fecal sludge, while collection and treatment is not done thoroughly and have been causing environment pollution problems seriously. Fecal sludge is a form of sludge, arised from septic tank. When septic tank receives excretion products of human then the .
