Water, Sanitation, Environment and Development

doi:10.3362/9781780446394

Water, Sanitation, Environment and Development

This book deals with a wide range of current development issues relating to subjects including community management, groundwater, health and disease, institutional development, irrigation, sanitation, solid waste management, water quality, water sources, water supply and water treatment. It presents over forty papers presented at the 19th WEDC Conference held in Accra, Ghana, in 1993. Material is drawn from countries in all parts of the world.

Published: 1994
Pages: 174

eBook: 9781780446394

Paperback: 9781853392405


INTRODUCTION XI
Section 1 COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
D R Birch and P D H Field UK/Pakistan
Rural community-managed projects, Balochistan
Ms Rudith S King and Dr Romanus Dinye Ghana
Women, children,water/sanitation development
Dr T V Luong, F Njau and A Y Kahesa Tanzania
Towards self-management: water and sanitation
Pius B Mabuba Tanzania
Strategies for effective community involvement
Ofori MacCarthy and Dr Andrew Livingstone Ghana
Community planning of water supplies
Baby Mogane-Ramahotswa S Africa
The spread effect of a pilot community project
Ms Fati Mumuni Ghana
Working with rural folk in the Northern Region
Adrian Wilson S Africa
Community participation: Umgeni Water's approach
Section 2 GROUNDWATER
Robert R Bannerman Ghana
Siting of sanitary landfill and faecal treatment
NK Sekpey and S A Larmie Ghana
Nitrate pollution of groundwater sources at Oyarifa
Richard M Teeuw UK
Low-cost GIS for water resources
Section 3 HEALTH AND DISEASE
Dr Sam Bugri Ghana
Community-based surveillance in GWEP, Ghana
Dr Sandy Cairncross Burkino Faso
Guineaworm eradication - Is the target attainable?
Mrs Jemima A Dennis-Antwi Ghana
Participatory methods in hygiene communication
Susanne Niedrum Rwanda
The need for hygiene education
Section 4 INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Peter Barker WEDC
Pricing water to recover costs
Erich Baumann Switzerland
Private sector involvement
Dr Mrs V Hemalatha Devi India
Legal module for environmental protection
Duncan Morris Cote d'lvoire
Thinking things through
Professor S Mustafa Nigeria
Improving water supply through privatization
Dr Wilfred Owen, Jr Egypt
Utility development: Cairo, Egypt
Mike Wood Canada
Privatization of rural water supply
Section 5 IRRIGATION
Lana Abu-Hijleh Palestine
Treated wastewater re-use in the Gaza Strip
SKAgodzo, J M Gowing & M A Adey Ghana/UK
Trickle irrigation using porous clay pots
Section 6 SANITATION
A H Abel and S V Dohrman Malawi
Makata pumpable VIP latrine block
Rob Burgess S Africa
Rural school sanitation pilot project
Shamsul Huda India
Subsidy: to what extent?
Dr Joyce Malombe Kenya
Sanitation and solid waste disposal in Malindi
Maria Muller, Jasper Kirango and Jaap Rijnsburger Tanzania
An alternative pit latrine emptying system
JohnPickford WEDC
Low-cost sanitation research and GARNET
Martin Strauss Switzerland
Treatment of sludges from on-site sanitation
Section 7 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
S Mansoor Ali, Adrian Coad and Andrew Cotton WEDC
Informal sector waste recycling
Inge Lardinois and Arnold van de Klundert Netherlands
Small enterprises for solid waste recycling
Section 8 WATER QUALITY 123
Dr Margaret Ince and Miss TI Ojo WEDC/Nigeria
Pollution in Lagos Lagoon systems 125
Grace Rukure, Shungu Mtepo and Cornelius Mukandi Zimbabwe
Water quality in family wells 127
Section 9 WATER SOURCES 131
Siaw Awuah and John Addy Ghana
Earth dams for RWS in Northern Region 133
Dr Layi Egunjobi Nigeria
Rainwater-harvesting initiatives in Ekpoma, Nigeria 137
Section 10 WATER SUPPLY 141
Dr Manu N Kulkarni India
Pumps, people and payments 143
Peter Smith and A Mbaye UK
Pipeline extensions spread benefits 146
Section 11 WATER TREATMENT 149
Dr Christopher J Austin The Gambia
Chlorinating household water in The Gambia 151
Michael D Smith WEDC
Domestic solar disinfection for potable water 154
J P Sutherland, G K Folkard, M A Mtawali & W D Grant UK
Moringa oleifera at pilot/full scale 156
Martin Wegelin and Kolly Dorcoo Switzerland/Ghana
Water treatment in northern Ghana 158