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Fundación Sumaj Huasi (2012). Modelo Mejora - (drawing). Fundación Sumaj Huasi, La Paz, Bolivia. [152.67 KB]

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Model of the sanitary unit with dry toilet, urinal, shower and hand-washing that Fundación Sumaj Huasi has been developing in El Alto, Bolivia. …

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Kent, J. G., Terrazas, G. A., Pereira, G. S., Rocabado, A .C., Terceros, M. V. (2011). Modelo de financiamiento y estrategia de marketing social de banos ecologicos (in Spanish) - Financial and social marketing on ecological sanitation. Sustainable Sanitation Knowledge Node (SNV) and Water for People, La Paz, Bolivia. [860.84 KB]

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Documento desarrollado por el Servicio Holandés de Cooperación al Desarrollo SNV, en el marco del Convenio Interinstitucional suscrito por el Nodo de Conocimiento en Saneamiento …

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Bustillos, D. S. (2012). Formal and Informal Institutions Shaping the Use of Ecological Sanitation - A Minor Field Study conducted in the city of El Alto, Bolivia. Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. [1.26 MB]

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The study shows that the Bolivian legal framework is positively promoting ecological sanitation and that it consists mainly of legal normative regulations which are in line with …

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Okan-Adjetey, P. (2012). Ecological sanitation efforts in Africa: Lessons learned and further recommendations for future project design - The case study of Valley View University in Accra – Ghana. MSc Thesis, Technical University of Munich (TUM), School of Forest Science and Resource Management, Munich, Germany. [2.6 MB]

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New “sustainable” and “smart” technologies such as Ecosan (a sanitation revolution concept which practices the simple recycling of waste to ensure safe reuse and return in …

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Vinneras, B. (2002). Possibilities for sustainable nutrient recycling by faecal separation combined with urine diversion. PhD Thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Agricultural Engineering, Uppsala, Sweden. [3.66 MB]

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Household wastewater can be divided into three fractions by origin; urine, faeces and greywater. The largest nutrient and smallest heavy metal contents are found in the urine, …

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Guness, M., Jackson, S., Rodda, N., Smith, M., Trotter, D., Macleod, N., Buckley, C. (2005). Impact of buried urine diversion waste on environmental quality and plant growth. Third International Conference on Ecological Sanitation, Durban, South Africa. [330.49 KB]

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The South African government has set as a strategic objective the provision of access to an appropriate, effective and sustainable sanitation service for all. The Ventilated …

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Luff, R. (2012). Compendium of WASH in Schools Facilities in Emergencies. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), New York, USA. [6.61 MB]

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The ‘Compendium of WASH in Schools Facilities in Emergencies’ has been prepared as a resource for coordination and management of WASH interventions in emergency preparedness, …

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Peng, J. (2012). MAP crystallization from urine – assessment of the international adaptability. MSc thesis, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut IWAR, Fachgebiet Abwassertechnik, Germany. [3.64 MB]

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In GIZ German headquarters in Eschborn, a MAP reactor for struvite crystallization from urine was installed within the research project SANIRESCH. Because urine has a high …

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Muskolus, A. (2008). Anthropogenic plant nutrients as fertiliser. PhD thesis, Humboldt-Universität, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät, Berlin, Germany. [2.84 MB]

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Novel segregating sanitation techniques can collect separated urine and faeces in a form which enables their use as fertiliser. In the presented thesis selected aspects concerning …

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Winker, M., Stäudel, J., von Münch, E., Londong, J. (2012). NASS-Tage. Neue Wasserinfrastrukturkonzepte in der Stadtplanung (conference proceedings) (in German) - NASS Conference. New water infrastructure concepts for urban planning. Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V. (DWA). [2.42 MB]

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This document contains the conference proceedings of the conference "NASS-Days" that took place at the headquarters of the GIZ in Eschborn, Germany, from 6 to 7 November, 2012. At …

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