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b'Basic household sanitation has long been outside the reach of cost-effective comprehensive solutions, especially in communities dependent on septic rather than sewage systems. But this is changing. \\n\\nGroups as varied as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a coalition of private-sector water technology interests are attacking the problems of fecal sludge management, or FSM, particularly in underserved communities. \\n\\nThanks to innovative products and platforms and the collaboration of the Asian Development Bank Institute, the technology that moves water to bathrooms, taps, and kitchens worldwide is within reach of communities that don\\u2019t have complex and costly sewage systems. \\n\\nDavid Robbins, a specialist in on-site and decentralized wastewater management, found that FSM\\u2019s efficiency and effectiveness\\u2014the hallmarks of modern sewerage systems\\u2014can now be used to attract the private sector into a fledgling sanitation economy that can overcome the many political roadblocks faced by communities without sewers. \\n\\nRead the transcript\\nhttp://bit.ly/2Bbv7mC\\n\\nWatch the full presentation\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87p35v-I2pA\\n\\nAbout the speaker\\nDavid Robbins is a specialist in on-site and decentralized wastewater management, with an emphasis on fecal sludge management.'