Water for the World: Designing Stabilization Ponds

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U.S. Agency for International Development
A stabilization pond is a large shallow excavation that receives sewage from a sewage system, detains the sewage so that biological processes can destroy most of the disease-causing organisms, and discharges the effluent as treated sewage. This technical note describes the basic design of a stabilization pond.
Theme(s) & Sub-theme(s): 
Waste ManagementWater Quality and StorageWater, Sanitation, HygieneWater, Sanitation, Hygiene
Nexus Tag(s): 
Health
Resource type: 
Training Resource
Region & Countries: 
United StatesNorth America
Resource Scale: 
Global