Sanitation Library
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The Sanitation Workers Knowledge + Learning Hub is the best source for all current news, trends, articles and updates on sanitation workers rights around the world.
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Technical Sustainable Management TSM (Arab) is a Quality Management System managed by the following stakeholders:
- ACWUA-WANT programme as financing and supervision of the TSM-Arab implementation.
- Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA)
- TSM-Arab Task Force of ACWUA members quality management system)
- Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) as consultant of the …
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This volume of the WHO's Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater describes the present state of knowledge regarding the impact of excreta and greywater use in agriculture on the health of product consumers, workers and their families and local communities. Health hazards are identified for each group at risk, and appropriate health protection measures to mitigate the …
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A conference in cooperation between DWA and BMBF with the title "New water infrastructure concepts for urban planning" took place at the headquarters of the GIZ in Eschborn from 6 to 7 November, 2012. The conference language was German.
The first day of the conference the results of the SANIRESCH project were presented. The second day was devoted to sessions regarding "Integration of …
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This book deals with the treatment of faecal material and supernatant water removed from on-site and decentralized sanitation facilities and systems. Its main focus is on treatment facility design but this can never be viewed in isolation. Rather, it must reflect local conditions, start from a realistic assessment of the load on the plant, and take account of the final destination of the liquid …
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The WASH e-paper is an online magazine published at regular intervals in German and English. Each issue takes a closer look at a current key issue in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector and related areas. It also provides updates on forthcoming national and international events, highlights current publications and projects, and reports on news from the sector. The WASH e-paper is …
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A product of six years of work, the goal of the handbook is to explain the meaning and legal obligations of these rights and to translate complex technical and legal language into accessible information. Designed for a broad audiences in the Global South and North, the information should be useful to civil society sanitation advocates, human right organizations, national and local offcials, …
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La iniciativa tiene como objetivo ampliar el servicio tradicional de alcantarillado sanitario, a un concepto integral de recolección y tratamiento de aguas residuales. Para las viviendas ubicadas en las zonas donde existe alcantarillado sanitario la recolección se seguirá haciendo mediante este sistema; mientras tanto, para las viviendas ubicadas fuera de las zonas de cobertura y que cuentan …
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This summary gives an overview of main actions planned and what partner organisations and members can expect from the Latin American Chapter. The SuSanA Latin American Chapter initiated in September 2018 and its first phase will run until September 2020.
The purpose of the Latin American Chapter is to promote regional knowledge production and exchange on sanitation issues so that best …
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Educational projects on new technologies for wastewater treatment and resource recovery in developing countries are not so common. For this reason, a group of early-stage researchers developed an educational outreach tool (ODT) including a selection of these new topics for primary school students in rural areas of Peru. Tangible materials like booklets, microbial fuel cell (MFC) kits, bottle …
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El continuo crecimiento demográfico y la urbanización han dado lugar a un aumento constante de las presiones antropogénicas sobre los recursos hídricos, lo que hace que la disponibilidad de agua sea una preocupación importante a nivel internacional. El objetivo 6 de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible de las Naciones Unidas es garantizar la disponibilidad y la gestión sostenible de los …
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Los principales desafíos mundiales que existen en el sector de saneamiento son los millones de personas que no cuentan sin ningún tipo de sistema de saneamiento, los efectos a la salud que esto produce, la escasez de agua y contaminación, inseguridad en los alimentos, crecimiento desproporcionado en las áreas urbanas y las inadecuadas opciones sanitarias actuales.
En función de ello, la …
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An excreta flow diagram (also often described as shit flow diagram, SFD) presents a clear picture of the outcome arising from wastewater and faecal sludge management practices and services in a city or town. This is expressed in terms of the percentage of the population. An accompanying report describes the service delivery context of the city or town.
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From the executive summary:
• This report summarises the work done under a grant from WSSCC (via UNOPS Geneva) to Skat Foundation to run and develop the SuSanA Forum.
• The SuSanA Forum is a well-established, vibrant online community within the sanitation sector and a major global knowledge exchange hub on topics relating to practical implementation, research and policy. It is an …
