Sanitation Courses

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 1: Understanding Complex Problems

8 ratings

Our course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people worldwide do not have improved water supplies and two billion do not have improved sanitation.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies

1211 ratings at Coursera

Plan affordable, context-specific urban sanitation systems using citywide planning frameworks, technologies from single pits to centralised treatment, project management cycles, and global best-practice case studies.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2: Developing Effective Interventions

81 ratings at Coursera

Analyze water and sanitation policy interventions in developing countries: planning protocols, tariff design and subsidies, household information campaigns, utility privatization, and sector regulation.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Climate Change in Water and Sanitation Utilities

56 ratings at Coursera

Reduce carbon emissions in urban water and sanitation utilities: follow a five-step low-carbon roadmap, assess greenhouse gas emissions with the ECAM tool, and evaluate climate risks.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

New paradigms in wastewater management: from a sanitation problem to a circular sustainable solution

Treat wastewater as a resource: follow the shift from treatment plants to biorefineries, with energy saving and recovery, water reuse for agriculture and industry, and material recovery.

• Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
• 5 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Urban Utilities Planning: Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage

Connects urban utilities planning with water-sensitive approaches and infrastructure design.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Climate Change in Water and Sanitation Utilities

Did you know that some urban water and sanitation utilities are leading the way towards a carbon-neutral future? If you are a professional or an active stakeholder in the water and sanitation sector a

• edX
• 10 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Black Hat

Engineering Cybersecurity for a Nation - What Singapore is Learning from Cars and Sanitation

A talk on how Singapore is rethinking national cybersecurity for its Smart Nation ambitions using lessons from cars and sanitation.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

IIT Kanpur;  NPTEL

Sociology and Sanitation: An Introduction

Explore sanitation through sociological theories and methods, focusing on health, gender, caste, inequality, policy, and community-led change in India.

• Swayam
• 4 weeks
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course

IIT Bombay;  NPTEL

Sustainable and Affordable Sanitation Solutions For Small Towns: Policy, Planning and Practice

Explore alternative sanitation planning for small towns through wastewater, solid waste, and fecal sludge management strategies, technology options, and case-based planning steps.

• Swayam
• 4 weeks
• Not Currently Offered
• Free Online Course