Peter Morgan

• The Blair Research Laboratory's contributions to the Water Decade

  01.07.1985
  

• Village-level sanitation programmes in Zimbabwe

  01.01.1988
  

• The handpump phenomenon

  01.10.1989
  

• The Zimbabwe Bush Pump

  01.10.1989
  

• Upgrading family wells in Zimbabwe

  01.01.1991
  

• Maintenance, the key to handpump survival

  01.04.1993
  The handpump has a vital role to play, but it is essential to continue to work towards finding truly sustainable systems of management.

• Zimbabwe's user-friendly Bush Pump

  01.10.1995
  The Zimbabwe Bush Pump last featured in Waterlines in October 1989 (Vol.8, No.2). Already described by more than one commentator as 'a remarkable pump', a great deal of research and development has been carried out over the last six years. What are the results?

• Now in my backyard — Zimbabwe's upgraded family well programme

  01.04.1996
  The well programme is a hit with the people, but goes against the government grain. Can an NGO allay the bureaucrats' misgivings that something so simple cannot be serious — and persuade them that offering material subsidies to individual families is the cheap option?

• Small steps count — building on traditional methods for rural water supply

  01.01.1997
  All that glitters … can end up as a rusty heap of useless technology. Are we overlooking traditional methods of water provision? Can't something that has stood the test of time cope with some careful improvement?

• Ecosan at low cost - with the potential for upgrading

  01.10.2007
  Ecological sanitation has been around in one form or another for many years - though not under that name. The simplest forms require only a shallow pit, a ring beam and a slab, but householders can build upon these basics to create more sophisticated models, if and when they so choose to do.

• Teaching ecological sanitation in a school environment in Zimbabwe

  01.10.2009
  Teaching the importance of sanitation and hygiene may be extended to teaching how to build simple toilets. This article describes how primary school children were taught the importance of ecological sanitation for health and for nutrient-enrichment of soils. Under the supervision of teachers, five designs of toilets were constructed, as well as handwashing devices. Urine was collected and used to water maize and other plants on demonstration plots. Local acceptance increased following open days to which local dignitaries and parents were invited.

• Teaching schoolchildren about handwashing: Experiences from Zimbabwe

  01.10.2010
  This article describes simple, easy-to-contruct devices that can deliver water for handwashing even when water is in short supply. Together with soap, or ash if soap is unavailable, these devices have been used at home or in schools in Zimbabwe.

• Interview: Sanitation in Zimbabwe

  01.10.2011
  Peter Morgan talks to Sue Cavill about ecosanitation; the sanitation ladder; an experimental approach to life; 40 years in Zimbabwe; cross-sectoral working; and what keeps him optimistic.