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2012 - What does it take to convince decision makers in Omaruru, Namibia to scale up urine diversion dehydration “Otji toilets”?. Ingle, R., Berdau, S., Kleemann, F., Arndt, P. 4th International Dry Toilet Conference, Tampere, Finland. [283.2 KB]

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To provide access to affordable and sustainable sanitation for all Namibians, it is essential to consider dry toilets as a proactive measure to deal with water shortages and as a …

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2012 - Climate Change Mitigation in the Water Sector. Feiereisen, P., Oberkircher, L. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. [426.35 KB]

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The provision of drinking water, irrigation and the treatment of wastewater require vast amounts of energy, the production of which is responsible for substantial CO2 emissions. …

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2012 - Commentary on community-led total sanitation and human rights: Should the right to community-wide health be won at the cost of individual rights?. Bartram, J., Charles, K., Evans, B., O'Hanlon, L., Pedley, S. Journal of Water and Health, Vol 10 No 4 pp 499–503 © IWA Publishing 2012, doi: 10.2166/wh.2012.205. [80.72 KB]

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set out to halve the proportion of the population without access to basic sanitation between 1990 and 2015. The slow pace of progress has …

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2012 - The Application of Ecological Sanitation for Excreta Disposal in Disaster Relief: Experience, Selection and Design. Kinstedt, K. Institute of Wastewater Management and Water Protection at Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany. [2.63 MB]

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When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort. Aid organizations typically dig trench or pit …

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2012 - Research Project SanitaryRecycling Eschborn (SANIRESCH) Factsheet - Project component: Plant Technology. Paris, S., Feicht, M., Schlapp, C., Netter, T. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH. [1.04 MB]

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This factsheet contains detailed information about the background, material and methods, results and discussion and conclusions of the project component plant technology of the …

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2012 - Progress on drinking water and sanitation - Update 2012. UNICEF UNICEF New York, USA. [10.13 MB]

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The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, known as the JMP, reports every two years on access to drinking water and sanitation worldwide and on …

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2012 - Policy and sector reform to accelerate access to improved rural sanitation - Water and sanitation program: Working paper. Rosensweig, F., Perez, E., Robinson, A. World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [778.32 KB]

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A new WSP publication, Policy and Sector Reform to Accelerate Access to Improved Rural Sanitation, by Fred Rosensweig, Eddy Perez, and Andy Robinson, finds that accelerating rates …

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2012 - Review of frameworks for technology assessment - Deliverable WP 3.1, A report produced by Skat. Olschewski, A., Danert, K., Furey, S., Klingel, F. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Technologies (WASHTech) is a project of the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme in Africa. [2.82 MB]

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This review of frameworks for technology assessment is an internal working document of the EU-FP7 project WASHTech. …

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2012 - Compendium of WASH in Schools Facilities in Emergencies. Luff, R. 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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2012 - Sanitation systems and technology options - Factsheet of Working Group 4. Zurbrügg, C., Panesar, A., Rüd, S. Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA). [326.52 KB]

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To address the great sanitation challenge in developing countries, numerous technological innovations have been developed. But with so many innovations and a wide range of …

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