This project, funded by the HT Parekh Foundation in 2020 aims to develop and implement citywide FSSM plans for the cities of Satara and Kolhapur with special focus on slums. The FSSM plans propose scheduled desludging of septic tanks in pilot zones of both cities, co-treatment at STP in Kolhapur and FSTP expansion in Satara. Monitoring systems will be set up for safe desludging and treatment and the treatment plants are to be developed as sanitation resource centres. These activities will be supported by capacity building of city officials.

• City - wide assessment of the need and design of a detailed FSM plan to improve the sanitation services in the cities
• Setting up a system for safe de-sludging and transport of faecal sludge through scheduled de-sludging of septic tanks. Helping the Urban Local Body (ULB) to procure trucks for transporting the faecal waste.
• Provide technical support and preparing a detailed project report for (a) additional units at Sewage Treatment Plant in Kolhapur for co-treatment of Faecal Sludge; (b) expansion of existing capacity of Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant in Satara, which will be constructed in year 2.
• Landscape the Kolhapur treatment facility so as to reuse the wastewater from the plant and create the space as a resource centre.
• Implement essential monitoring mechanisms for de-sludging, treatment operations and develop a reporting structure for the ULB to manage a performance-based contract of private O & M contractor 
• Train and build capacity of key ULB staff who will be involved in implementation and monitoring of sanitation services, elected representatives, and other key stakeholders like private operators, Self Help Groups (SHGs), sanitation workers so that the entire value chain runs in a sustained manner after C-WAS exits
• Documentation of the entire process and use cases for each city through reports, videos, and training materials.