water sanitation Books and Publications

Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Water and Sanitation Practitioners

The Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Water and Sanitation Practitioners aims: • to introduce the principles and concepts contained in the United Nations resolutions recognizing the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation (HRWS) • to clarify the ...

By IWA Publishing

Water and sanitation in urban Malawi: Can they meet the Millennium Development Goals? A study of informal settlements in three cities

This paper assesses the quality and extent of provision for water and sanitation in urban areas in Malawi – where over 60% of the population lives in informal settlements. It also considers whether the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for water and sanitation are likely to be met in Malawi, and examines the ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Meeting the Challenge of Financing Water and Sanitation

The investments needed to deliver sustainable water and sanitation services, including the funds that are needed to operate and maintain the infrastructure, expand their coverage and upgrade service delivery to meet current social and environmental expectations, are huge. Yet, most systems are underfunded with ...

By IWA Publishing

Governance and getting the private sector to provide better water and sanitation services to the urban poor

A decade ago, public and private water and sanitation were typically presented as very distinct alternatives. Today effective governance is more often presented as a necessary ingredient of private service provision. This working paper examines some of the false starts and misleading statistics, and then ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Basic Service Provision for the Urban Poor: The Experience of Development Workshop in AngolaWorking Paper on Poverty Reduction in Urban Areas 8

This paper describes the water and sanitation programmes that the NGO Development Workshop has developed in Luanda over the last 15 years, working with community organisations, local government, and the official water and sanitation agencies.This paper describes the water and sanitation ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Urban environments, wealth and health: shifting burdens and possible responses in low and middle-income nations

This paper examines urban health in low- and middle-income countries, in relation to two sets of environmental issues: ~1. persistent local environmental health burdens, and most notably the water, sanitation and housing deficiencies prevalent in the poor neighbourhoods of so many urban settlements; ~2. ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Costing Improved Water Supply Systems for Low-income Communities: A Practical Manual

This manual and the free downloadable costing tool is the outcome of a project identified by the Water, Sanitation and Health Programme (WSH) of the World Health Organization (WHO) faced with the challenge of costing options for improved access, both to safe drinking water and to adequate sanitation. Although ...

By IWA Publishing

Ultraviolet Light in Water and Wastewater Sanitation

Several general books are available on ultraviolet light and its applications. However, this is the first comprehensive monograph that deals with its application to water and wastewater treatment. There is a rapidly growing interest in using UV light in water sanitation due to the increased knowledge of the ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Community-driven Water and Sanitation: The work of the Anjuman Samaji Behmood and the larger Faisalabad context, Pakistan

by which provision for water, sanitation and drainage could be much improved in Faisalabad, despite the ...

By Earthprint Ltd

AquaRating: Un estándar internacional para evaluar los servicios de agua y alcantarillado saneamiento

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in cooperation with the International Water Association (IWA), has developed a rating system that assesses the performance of water and sanitation service providers in a comprehensive way. AquaRating: Un estándar internacional para evaluar los servicios de agua y ...

By IWA Publishing

Private Firms and Public Water

The provision of water and sanitation services in developing countries has traditionally been the preserve of the state, but recently there has been a move towards greater private sector participation (PSP). While the potential economic benefits of PSP are well known, the authors extensively discuss the ...

By Earthprint Ltd

PHAST Step-by-Step Guide: A Participatory Approach for the Control of Diarrhoeal Disease

A spiral-bound manual offering step-by-step instructions for helping communities improve hygiene behaviour, prevent cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases, and manage their own water and sanitation facilities. Addressed to facilitators working in the community, the manual uses the Participatory Hygiene and ...

By World Health Organization (WHO)

Health and Wellbeing in Cities : Environment and Urbanization 5.2

Bangladesh, India Includes case studies from Accra, Jakarta and Lusaka, a study in Khulna (Bangladesh) on the impact of ill-health on household income and nutrition, and papers reviewing the impact on health of urban environments and women's needs and priorities for water and sanitation. Also, a ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centres Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities 2006

This is the second UN-HABITAT global report on Water and Sanitation in the World´s Cities. This publication looks at small urban centres which tend to be overlooked, however they are the first tier markets and service providers for rural enterprise and development. Attaining the MDGs overall will depend to a ...

By Earthprint Ltd

OECD Water Policy and Finance Set

Special Offer: OECD Water Policy & Finance Set Purchase all four reports together and save over 30% on buying separately. Includes: Benefits of Investing in Water and Sanitation Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) April 2011 - ISBN: 9781780400112 Innovative Financing Mechanisms for the ...

By IWA Publishing

Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation. The PHAST Initiative

Describes an exciting new approach, based on an innovative set of participatory techniques, that has demonstrated its ability to promote hygienic behaviour, sanitation improvements, and community management of water and sanitation facilities. Known as the Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation, or ...

By World Health Organization (WHO)

Climate Change, Water Supply and Sanitation: Risk Assessment, Management, Mitigation and Reduction

Climate Change, Water Supply and Sanitation: Risk Assessment, Management, Mitigation and Reduction pulls together the final outcomes and recommendations from the PREPARED project that originated from the WSSTP (Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform) thematic working group Sustainable Water ...

By IWA Publishing

Local water and sanitation companies and the urban poor

While large private water companies grab the headlines, it is more often small private vendors that bring water to the urban poor in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This working paper looks at how water-vending systems operate, how effective they are in meeting the needs of the urban poor, and how this ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Benefits of Investing in Water and Sanitation

Part of OECD Water Policy and Finance Set - Buy all four reports and save over 30% on buying separately! The provision of water supply, sanitation and wastewater services generates substantial benefits for public health, the economy and the environment. Benefits from the provision of basic water supply and ...

By IWA Publishing

Water and Sanitation Environment and Urbanization 15.2

This issue of Environment and Urbanization includes three papers on community provision: the community-designed, built and managed toilet blocks in Indian cities; the WaterAid water and sanitation programme in Dhaka and Chittagong; and community tanks in Orangi, Karachi. It also has a review of experience to ...

By Earthprint Ltd

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