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2012 - Selected presentations from IWA Conference on Decentralised Wastewater Management in Asia. Various authors IWA Conference on Decentralised Wastewater Management in Asia, Nagpur, India. [1.61 MB]

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This library entry contains selected presentations from the IWA Conference on Decentralised Wastewater Management in Asia held 20-22 November 2012. …

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2012 - A standard set of Powerpoint slides to explain SuSanA. SuSanA SuSanA Secretariat, located at GIZ, Eschborn, Germany. [11.14 MB]

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This standard set of powerpoint slides about SuSanA has been developed by the SuSanA secretariat to provide a more detailed overview of SuSanA and also so that all presenters …

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2012 - Construction of bench style double vault urine diversion toilet and alternatives. Hoffmann, H. Rotaria del Peru SAC, Lima, Peru. [2.56 MB]

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This is an excellent construction manual for bench style UDDTs. The use of Urine Diversion (UD) in dry toilets allows faeces dehydration. Urine can be reused as urea, while faeces …

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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 - Sanitation activities of GIZ and partners in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: Factsheet compilation (draft) - An output of the sanitation working group in the Fachverbund SOWAS - Services on Water and Sanitation. von Münch, E., Schröder, E. (eds.) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. [5.79 MB]

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This is a compilation of factsheets regarding sanitation activities of GIZ and partners in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, …

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2012 - How to achieve evidence-based behavioural change. Mosler, H., Huber, A., Inauen, J., Tobias, R. Article in Sandec News 13/2012, EAWAG, Switzerland. [201.22 KB]

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Practitioners throughout the world report of unused or misused toilets (e.g. used as storage rooms), abandoned newly constructed wells or inadequate hygiene practices. Providing …

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2012 - Faecal Sludge Management. Müllegger, E., Langergraber, G., Lechner, M., EcoSan Club (eds.) Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP), Issue 13. EcoSan Club, Austria. [5.55 MB]

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Management of faecal sludge is often neglected but essential for the functioning of sanitation systems and the well-being of urban dwellers. Issue 13 of Sustainable Sanitation …

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2012 - Do we need New Alternative Sanitation Systems in Germany?. DWA DWA German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste, Hennef, Germany. [3.49 MB]

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New alternative sanitation systems (NASS) are based on the separate collection, conveyance, treatment and reuse of source separated flows. The aim of implementing NASS is the reuse …

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2012 - Worldwide list of 324 documented ecosan projects by various organisations. GIZ Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. [61.46 KB]

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This project list of ecosan projects worldwide is regularly updated by the GIZ team. With "ecosan" we mean here sustainable sanitation / ecosan projects with reuse of some or all …

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2012 - Compilation of 25 case studies on sustainable sanitation projects from Africa. von Münch, E., Ingle, R. (eds.) Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany. [15.29 MB]

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The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) publishes case studies of sustainable sanitation projects from around the world to demonstrate the wide range of available technologies …

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