Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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Every Last Drop
Zhu Qiang, Li Yuanhong, John Gould
Over the past two decades a quiet revolution has been taking place in the countryside of China where hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of poverty. This book focuses on some of the practical actions and clever use of appropriate technologies which have been at the heart of this posi...
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Health Care Waste Management in Developing Countries
This brief gives an overview on health care waste treatment options focusing on incineration.
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Supporting Rural Water Supply
Collectively, billions of dollars have been invested in the provision of rural water supply systems in developing countries over the past three decades. Although progress is being made and rates of coverage are increasing, users often find that, once installed, water supply systems are poorly mainta...
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Bio-sand Water Filters
This brief focuses on bio-sand water filters, which use sand and gravel to partly clean water with a simple approach.
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Domestic Rainwater Harvesting Tank
A manual on how to train people in the construction of a ferrocement "pumpkin" water tank.
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Water Demand Management in the City of the Future: Selected tools and instruments for practitioners
This book presents examples of tools and instruments that can be adapted by urban water professionals to mainstream WDM in the cities' strategic planning process.
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An Engineer's Guide to Domestic Water Containers
This booklet examines the range of domestic water containers commonly found in low-income countries and explores the role that water containers have in ensuring that household water supplies are adequate and safe. It also explains why planning for a water supply system should not end at the public t...
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An Engineer's Guide to Latrine Slabs
Providing sanitation for all is a major global challenge involving many complex issues. The user of a latrine however, will have more local concerns such as the condition of the latrine slab. This is one of the key components of the most common type of sanitary facility. This booklet highlights the...
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Shit Matters
Sanitation remains one of the biggest development challenges of our time, and a long neglected issue associated with taboos and stigma. Despite growing attention and efforts, many top-down approaches to sanitation have failed, reflecting that simply providing people with a toilet does not necessaril...
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Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems and sanitation in developing countries (DEWATS)
In many countries, a rapidly upcoming demand for decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) and a demand for efficient community-based sanitation (CBS) can be observed. DEWATS is designed to be an element of a comprehensive strategy for city-wide planning and sustainable infrastructure deve...