
Tim Fettback, M.Sc.
Environmentally Sound Urban and Infrastructure Planning
Professional Focus
Faecal Sludge Management
Decentralised Wastewater Management
Citywide Inclusive Sanitation
Professional Background
Since 2020
Research Associate and PhD candidate at the HafenCity University in the Department of “Environmentally Sound Urban and Infrastructure Planning” led by Prof. Dr. –Ing. Wolfgang Dickhaut
Since 2020
Freelance Consultant in urban water management
2018-2019
Technical Advisor at BORDA in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2017
Consultant at BORDA in Bangalore, India
2017
Environmental Engineer at GFM consulting engineers GmbH, Munich Germany
2014-2017
Studies in Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
2010-2014
Studies in Environmental Engineering at the RWTH Aachen, Germany
Research
Dissertation
with the working title “Financial and institutional arrangements for sustainably scaling up decentralized faecal sludge management (FSM); improved FSM service provision models for large and fast growing cities in low -income countries; a showcase in Dar es Salaam”
Master Thesis
“Methodology development to assess success and failure of decentralized small-scale sanitation systems in India”, in cooperation with Eawag / Sandec, BORDA e.V. and IIT Madras
Bachelor Thesis
“Elimination of trace elements and microorganisms in the effluent of municipal wastewater treatment plants with the neutral Fenton method”
Teaching
M.Sc. Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning (in English):
Technologies for Sustainable Water Resource Management (2020/2021)
Project III: Resource Efficient Planning in Niš, Serbia (2020/2021)
Project II: Sustainable Urbanism (2020)
B.Sc. Civil Engineering (in German):
Urban Waters Management (2020)
Publications
Main author:
Fettback T., Mbekenga O., Herrera E., Sanga M., Bright-Davies L. (2020) FSM Guide for Dar es Salaam,
Co-author:
Camargo J., Bright-Davies L., Fettback T., Sanga M., Wolter D. (2018) Guidelines for the Application of Small-Scale, Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems
Contributor:
Klinger, M., Ulrich, L., Ramprasad, C., Wolf, A.T., Reynaud, N., Narayan, A.S., Siemsen, P., Lüthi, C. &
Philip, L. (2020). Technology, Implementation and Operation of Small‐Scale Sanitation in India –
Performance Analysis and Policy Recommendations. 4S Project Report Vol. I.
Simwambi A., Roig Senge L., Kapembwa, A. (2020) Three-Cities OSS and FSM Knowledge Exchange, Case Study – Lusaka, Kampala and Dar es Salaam

Tim Fettback, M.Sc.
Raum: 03.02.02 Campus Tower
Tel.: 040 428 27 5320
tim.fettback(at)hcu-hamburg.de