House, S., Ferron, S., Sommer, M., Cavill, S. (2014) Violence, Gender and WASH: Practitioner Toolkit - Making water, sanitation and hygiene safer through improved programming and services

This toolkit has been developed in response to an acknowledgement that although the lack of access to appropriate water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH) is not the root cause of violence, it can lead to increased vulnerabilities to violence of varying forms. Incidences have been reported from a wide range of contexts, often anecdotally but with regular occurrence, with a number of targeted studies confirming […]

Muspratt, A., Wade, T. (2014) Pivot Plant: Converting human waste to fuel to finance complete sanitation Various documents on results from research grant

This library entry contains background documents for a grant that Ashley Muspratt is leading and which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Further information and a discussion is available on the SuSanA discussion forum, see link below. Short description of the project: Pivot is building our first fecal sludge to solid fuel facility (called Pivot Works) that will act as a commercial-scale demonstration factory. […]

IRC (2014) Monitoring and evaluation of local water and sanitation services Summary and lessons learned

From 7 to 9 April 2014 more than 200 people from around thirty countries met in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to share experiences and ideas on the monitoring and evaluation of local water and sanitation services in rural areas and small towns in West Africa.

IRC (2014) Suivi - Evalutation des services locaux d'eau potable et d'assainissement: Synthèse et Enseignements (in French) Monitoring - Evaluation of local drinking water and sanitation services

Du 7 au 9 avril 2014 se sont réunies à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, plus de 200 personnes issues d’une trentaine de pays pour partager des expériences et des réflexions sur la thématique du suivi-évaluation des services locaux d’eau et d’assainissement dans les zones rurales et villes secondaires en Afrique de l’ouest.

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Agua (2013) Sistematización sobre tratamiento y reúso de aguas residuales (in Spanish)

Rojas de Meyer, A. (2014) Informe taller - Primeros pasos de la cooperación entre ANIV y GIZ (in Spanish) Workshop report - First steps of cooperation between ANIV and GIZ

Tarija es un departamento que cuenta con importantes recursos hídricos, tanto superficiales como subterráneos. Sin embargo, el balance hídrico se ve afectado cada vez más debido al cambio de las condiciones climáticas, al uso ineficiente de los recursos hídricos y al crecimiento de las necesidades de agua para los distintos usos. Por otro lado, la falta de saneamiento y tratamiento de aguas servidas y desechos […]

Guzmán, L. (2012) Primeros pasos de la Cooperación ANIV - GIZ (in Spanish) First steps of ANIV Cooperation - GIZ

Mehta, M., Mehta, D., Mansuri, A. (2014) Performance Assessment Systems (PAS) for Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Various documents on results from research grant

This library entry contains background documents for a grant that Meera Mehta and Dinesh Mehta are leading and which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Further information and a discussion is available on the SuSanA discussion forum, see link below. Short description of the project: Lack of reliable and updated information about operational and financial performance of urban water supply and sanitation services […]

GTZ, IWA (2003) Ecosan - closing the loop Proceedings of the 2nd international symposium, 7th –11th April 2003, Lübeck, Germany

From the foreword: Apart from expanding and supporting the ecosan network, this second symposium provided experts from a wide range of disciplines with the opportunity for a professional exchange. The attendance of 350 enthusiastic experts from a wide range of disciplines from 60 countries ensured that the exchange was fruitful and addressed the complexity of the transition to new sanitation concepts. A further goal of the […]

Vyas, S. et al. (2014) SQUAT (Sanitation Quality, Use, Access, and Trends): Evidence based sanitation advocacy for India Various documents on results from research grant

This library entry contains background documents for a grant that Sangita Vyas is leading and which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Short description of the project: Open defecation imposes enormous costs on children’s health and human capital, and is exceptionally widespread in India. We believe that there is convincing evidence of the benefits for health and human capital of safe latrine use. […]

Public Health Engineering Division, Department of Health (2011) Handbook on Toilet Options for Rural Households in Bhutan Rural Sanitation & Hygiene Programme

El Hamouri, B. (2008) Rethinking natural, extensive systems for tertiary treatment purposes: The high-rate algae pond as an example

Himmi, N. et al. (2005) Variabilités des descripteurs physiques, chimiques et biologiques d’un réservoir de stockage (lagunage mixte, Ben Slimane - Maroc) (in French) Variability of physical, chemical and biological parameters of a storage tank (mixed lagoon, Ben Slimane - Morocco)

A study of physical, chemical and biological descriptors of the water in the storage réservoir of a combined stabilization pond (Ben Slimane, Morocco), during maturation, showed an improvement of the purification output for some variables after 36 days of rétention. Such an environment, rich with a range of différent nutrients, allowed an optimal development of plankton characterized by a high species diversity that decreased with […]

SuSanA (2019) SuSanA Flyer - General overview of SuSanA on one page (in Arabic, English, French and Spanish)

This flyer gives a general overview of SuSanA, its objectives, working group topics, roles, discussion forum and funding. It needs to be printed on paper that is slightly larger than A4 so that it can be a folder in the "altar fold". There is a 2019 version of the flyer available in English and French, and a version from 2018 in Arabic and Spanish.

Mnguni M., Ndlovu S., Gounden T., Pfaff W., Rodda N. and Buckley C. (2008) Health Risk Assessment of the Operation and Maintenance of Urine Diversion Toilets in eThekwini Municipality

Langer L., Ataria J., Leckie A., BakerV.,Horswell J., Yao R., McDevitt J., Goven J., Solomon R., Tremblay L., Northcott G., Xue J., Ross C. and Robinson B. (2013) Kaikōura case study: community engagement to determine biosolids reuse

INS, Yaoundé, Cameroon and BGR, Hannover, Germany (2013) Etude Pilote Sur La Pollution Des Eaux De Surface Et Souterraines a Yaounde Et Son Impact Sur La Sante Des Populations Riveraines (in French)

This report (french version) is a joint WaSH-survey carried out in the subsaharan cameroonian capital Yaoundé in dry season 2012 within the framework of German bilateral cooperation with Cameroon. The report is authored by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS/INS) Yaoundé and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) Hannover with participation of the IHPH University Bonn, the University of Yaoundé 1 and […]

Dillon, L. B. et al. (2013) Natural water systems and treatment technologies to cope with water shortages in urbanized areas in India NaWaTech Compendium of Technologies

Providing adequate water supply and sanitation, particularly in urban areas, is a challenging task for governments throughout the world. This task is made even more difficult due to predicted dramatic global changes. Population growth, urbanisation, increasing industrialisation, climate change and a steep increase in water consumption are putting pressure on urban water resources. In order to cope with water shortages in urban areas, there is […]

Wendland, C., Rieck, C., Roenitzsch, S., van Epps, A. (2014) Making WASH in Schools more sustainable Case Stories from SuSanA Partners

This publication showcases various approaches, both practical and innovative, to provide sustainable WASH solutions in schools around the world. The stories are not limited to the construction of water and sanitation systems but also show how these systems are operated and maintained through active involvement of pupils, teachers, cleaning staff and community members. In some cases, awareness is raised for the accountability of functioning WASH […]

GIZ (2012) Fighting violence against women in Latin America Stop the stream of violence against women (in English, German and Spanish)

Two-page factsheet, available in English, German and Spanish. The "Federación Departamental de Cooperativas de Agua y Alcantarillado de Santa Cruz" (FEDECAAS; The Departmental Federation of Cooperatives of Water and Sanitation Services of Santa Cruz) serves as an umbrella organization for the cooperatives that provide water and sanitation services in Santa Cruz and represents the interests of these cooperatives. During the campaign FEDECAAS counted on the support of the GIZ programs PROAPAC […]