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Water use in the Andes
01.01.1992
The Andean region is, like many highland areas, experiencing the effects of environmental degradation, both of its own and others' making. This has put increased pressures on water resources in many highland areas. This issue of Waterlines looks at some of the ways these problems can be addressed. -
Spring capping in the Peruvian highlands
01.01.1992
An evaluation of the facilities installed under Peru's ongoing National Plan for Rural Water Supply, which began in the 1960s, has shown that by simply capping and protecting springs, clean water can be supplied at low cost. -
The prevention and control of cholera
01.04.1994
The threat of cholera is not new, and it shows no sign of abating. Are there practical, low-cost ways in which fieldworkers can make some useful attempts to fight this scourge? -
Water supply and quality issues in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States
01.07.1997
Many of the countries once ruled by centralized bureaucracies are faced with a particular dilemma — rising cases of infectious disease. At the same time, the collapse of heavy industry has led to cleaner air and water. What does the future hold? -
The new WHO Guidelines: establishing comprehensive water-safety frameworks
01.04.2005
The third edition of the WHO's Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality has just been launched. It emphasizes monitoring water supply systems from catchment to consumer to ensure that at critical points water safety is maintained, in order to meet health-based targets. -
Sanitation: on- or off-track? Issues of monitoring sanitation and the role of the Joint Monitoring Programme
01.01.2008
The Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) of WHO and UNICEF has reported progress in drinking-water and sanitation periodically since 1990 and is the United Nations mechanism for tracking MDG Target 10. This paper outlines a number of aspects of monitoring sanitation including different approaches and tools; it describes the way that JMP operates and considers both its strengths and limitations.