About the Omni Processor Technology Portfolio
Stemming from the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge in 2011, the Gates Foundation’s “Omni -Processor” portfolio was conceived to “reinvent the sewage treatment plant” to help address this challenge. An “Omni-Processor”, or OP, is an innovative treatment system that treats sludge to achieve complete pathogen destruction while generating useful byproducts that can help offset project costs. The OP is a component of a full fecal sludge or biosolids treatment plant- further detail on the required pre-processing and liquid treatment is described below.
Different communities may need different treatment capacities and different approaches. The BMGF OP portfolio currently consists of three core technologies that can be scaled to suit the needs of the community: the J-OP, Tide Technocrats pyrolysis, and Duke University super-critical water oxidation. Learn more about the OP technologies here.
Resources Available on the Omni Processor
The following key questions are addressed:
- What is the global market opportunity for the Omni Processor portfolio? What are the use cases for the Omni Processor technologies?
- What are the economics of the OP portfolio? How do I build the business case (including output valuation)?
- What is the value proposition of the OP? How does the OP compare against existing sanitation solutions?
- What are the go-to-market considerations?
What is the global market opportunity for the Omni Processor portfolio? What are the use cases for the Omni Processor technologies?
- What is the global market size for the J-OP?
- Which cities could have adequate fecal sludge volumes to support a system?

India: Market Insights for the Omni Processor
STeP or Partner: Dalberg Advisors
Country of focus: India
Published date: July 2018

Diagram of Potential Use Cases
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Global
Published date: March 2018
What are the economics of the OP portfolio? How do I build the business case (including output valuation)?

OP Market Sizing Model
Published date: October 2019

India Water Market Analysis
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: India
Published date: January 2019

Valuing Byproducts
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Global
Published date: March 2018

Senegal Water Markets Assessment
STeP or Partner: STeP; AfriDev; Dr. Apoorv Agarwal, Principal, Ingineering Innovation LLC; Jerry Hudson, Principal, Prosperity Innovations LLC
Country of focus: Senegal
Published date: April 2018

Cost and Revenue Driver Data to Inform Sanitation System Economics
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Global
Published date: 2017
What is the value proposition of the OP?

Transformative Sanitation Technology Directory
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Global
Published date: October 2018

Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) of Model Fecal-Sludge Management and Sewer-Based Systems in India
STeP or Partner: Stantec
Country of focus: India
Published date: February 2019

Diagram of Potential Value Propositions for the J-OP
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Global
Published date: March 2018
What are the go-to-market considerations?
STeP has developed resources to explore the questions of: how does a partner enter the market? Where have successful models been established? And how can a city attract investment for a new OP? The reports below summarize our findings.

Preparing for Commercial Field Testing of the Janicki Omni Processor
STeP or Partner: STeP, USAID and DELVIC Sanitation Initiatives
Country of focus: Senegal
Published date: April 2020

Fecal Sludge Treatment Technology Decision Support Trees
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: India
Published date: January 2020

J-OP Suitability Snapshot in Ghana
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Ghana, Senegal
Published date: November 2019

Feedstock Adequacy for a 2-Engine J-OP in One Indian City: Findings from a Multifunctional Study in Tiruppur, India
STeP or Partner: STeP and Athena Infonomics
Country of focus: India
Published date: March 2019

Global Database of Fecal Sludge Accumulation Rate and Total Solids
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Global
Published date: February 2018

India: Market Insights for the Omni Processor – Landscape Report
STeP or Partner: Dalberg Advisors
Country of focus: India
Published date: April 2018

J-OP Market Landscape – India
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: India
Published date: September 2017

J-OP Market Landscape- Philippines
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Philippines
Published date: September 2017

Sanitation Technology Funder Landscape
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Bangladesh, India, South Africa, Global
Published date: October 2018

A J-OP Case Study: Dakar, Senegal
STeP or Partner: STeP; Delvic; Dr. Apoorv Agarwal, Principal, Ingineering Innovation LLC; Jerry Hudson, Principal, Prosperity Innovations LLC
Country of focus: Senegal
Published date: January 2019

How to attract investment for a J-OP – conducting an investor’s meeting
STeP or Partner: STeP; Dr. Apoorv Agarwal, Principal, Ingineering Innovation LLC; Jerry Hudson, Principal, Prosperity Innovations LLC
Country of focus: Global
Published date: April 2018

J-OP Global Market Roadmap
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Global
Published date: September 2017

Sludge Thickening, Dewatering and Drying Technologies
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Global
Published date: January 2018

J-OP Market Landscape – Kenya
STeP or Partner: STeP
Country of focus: Kenya
Published date: September 2017