This C117337_README.odt file was generated on 2025-10-16 by Claire Grisaffi 1 GENERAL INFORMATION Title of dataset: Bridging the gap between the regulator and the regulated in safe emptying and transport of faecal sludge: approaches to support scaling service provision Date range for data collection: 2022-05 to 2025-07 Institution: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University Funding source: UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC grant number EP/S022066/1) through the Center for Doctoral Training in Water and Waste Infrastructure and Services Engineered for Resilience (WaterWISER). Keywords: Compliance; Regulation; Governance; Water and sanitation utilities; Informal sector; Citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS); Onsite; Road-based; Fecal sludge management (FSM); Urban; Low-income areas; Human rights; Eastern and southern Africa Author contact information: Lead author: Claire Grisaffi, claire.grisaffi@cranfield.ac.uk; cgrisaffi@wsup.com clairegrisaffi@hotmail.com Supervisor: Alison Parker, a.parker@cranfield.ac.uk Associate supervisor: Paul Leinster, paul@pierconsultants.co.uk The data is made up of five compressed folders [.zip] containing open-source documents. Each of the five folders is linked to a PhD thesis chapter and an existing or pending publication. The zip files are named with the chapter number and the first three words of the chapter heading. The data is additional to that included as Appendices to the PhD thesis. The data should be read alongside the PhD thesis. Details of the contents of each folder are given below, organized by chapter headings. Recommended citation for the data: Grisaffi, C. (2025). Bridging the gap between the regulator and the regulated in safe emptying and transport of faecal sludge: approaches to support scaling service provision. PhD Thesis, Cranfield University. https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/home Sharing and access information: All data is available for public access and use through the Doctoral Theses section of the CERES Research Repository. Methodological information: Described in detail in the above thesis chapter 2 TRANSFORMING CITYWIDE SANITATION PROVISION: UTILITY VOICES ON PIT EMPTYING AND TRANSPORT SERVICES IN KENYA AND ZAMBIA Contents: Transcripts or detailed notes from 35 key informant interviews. Fully anonymized. Saved as .odt files. File name gives the anonymized participant number. Location: All data collection was completed remotely, through online interviews Links to publications that cite or use the data: Grisaffi, C., Oluoch, P., Hamuchenje, E. M., Phiri, J., Salano, G., Hawkes, L., & Parker, A. (2022). Transforming citywide sanitation provision: Utility voices on pit emptying and transport services in Kenya and Zambia. Frontiers in Water, 4. 1055227. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.1055227 3 SAFE FAECAL SLUDGE EMPTYING AND TRANSPORT: COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES AND MODELS FOR A PUBLIC GOOD Contents: Cleaned, anonymized and recoded data from two rounds of a Delphi study. Saved as two .csv files. Additional details for the methods and results. Containing expanded Delphi study methodology. Complete processed results from the Delphi study. Literature review protocol. Complete list of literature reviewed. Saved as one .odt file. Location: All data collection was completed remotely, through Qualtrics. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Grisaffi, C., Leinster, P., Mugo, K., Drabble, S., & Parker, A. (2025). Safe faecal sludge emptying and transport: compliance challenges and models for a public good. H2Open Journal, 8(3), 157-177. https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2025.041 4 NEW DEFINITIONS FOR GOOD PRACTICE: REGULATORS AS ACTIVISTS FOR URBAN ROAD-TRANSPORTED SANITATION IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Contents: Transcripts or detailed notes from 19 key informant interviews. Fully anonymized. Saved as .odt files. File name gives the anonymized participant number Location: All data collection was completed remotely, through online interviews Links to publications that cite or use the data: Grisaffi, C., Drabble, S., Leinster, P., Sipuma, R., Owako, E. & Parker, A. (Under review) Regulators as activists for urban road-transported sanitation, new definitions for good practice based on experience from leading national and local regulators reforming to scale safe services. PLoS Water. 5 USING ANALOGOUS SECTORS TO BUILD GOOD PRACTICE RESOURCES IN REGULATION OF URBAN FAECAL SLUDGE EMPTYING AND TRANSPORT Contents: Anonymized feedback from sector specialists. Six .odt files, one for each sector reviewed. Location: All data collection was completed remotely, through email or online interviews Links to publications that cite or use the data: Pending 6 CONTEXTUALIZING GOOD PRACTICE FOR REGULATION OF FAECAL SLUDGE EMPTYING AND TRANSPORT IN MALINDA, KENYA Contents: Workshop results and abridged notes saved as an .xlsx workbook and each separate sheet as eleven .csv files Location: Malindi, Kenya Links to publications that cite or use the data: Pending