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Peter-Fröhlich,A. , Bonhomme, A., Oldenburg, M. (2006). Sanitation Concepts for Separate Treatment of Urine, Faeces and Greywater (SCST) - Results. Berlin Centre of Competence for Water. [4.61 MB]

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The main goal of this SCST-project was to develop new sustainable sanitation concepts which have significant advantages in relation to ecological as well as to economical aspects …

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Otterpohl, R., Braun, U., Oldenburg, M. (2002). Technologies innovatrices pour la gestion décentralisée des eaux usées en zones urbaines et peri-urbaines (in French) - Innovative technologies for decentralised management of waste water in urban and peri-urban areas. [189.34 KB]

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Introduire les concepts de séparation à la source dans la gestion des eaux usées domestiques, permet des traitements adéquats des effluents en rapport avec leurs …

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Ekuful, J. (2010). A quantitative approach to predict behavioural intentions towards ecological sanitation - The case of the co-composting of faecal sludge and solid wastes for urban agriculture project in Buobai/Kumasi, Ghana. [3.58 MB]

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Producing co-compost fertilisers from municipal solid wastes and human excreta is seen as one way of reducing the large volumes of wastes that are generated in the urban areas of …

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Wheaton, A. (2009). Results of a medium-scale trial of single-use, self-sanitising toilet bags in poor urban settlements in Bangladesh. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ), Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1.34 MB]

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The objective of this study was to establish whether Toilet Bags are a feasible sanitation alternative for poor urban settlements given the local socio-cultural context. Bangladesh …

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Oswald, P. (2007). Ecosan – Eine nachhaltige Lösung für die Sanitärprobleme der Marginalsiedlungen Limas, Peru? (in German) - Ecosan - a sustainable solution to the sanitation problems of the informal settlements of Lima, Peru?. Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (Fakultät Forst-, Geo- und Hydrowissenschaften, Institut für Geographie). [2.55 MB]

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Barreto Dillon, L., Buzie, C. (2008). Introduction to the NETSSAF participatory planning approach - A tutorial and guideline for sustainable sanitation planning. ttz Bremerhaven. Water, Energy and Landscape Management, Bremerhaven, Germany. [2.16 MB]

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The NETSSAF consortium has carried out a set of activities laid down in its work plan, including the development of a NETSSAF Participatory Planning Approach - A tutorial and …

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Badran, M., Jamrah, A., Gaese, H. (2010). Assessment of a cost-covering sanitation tariff for Alexandria/Egypt. [1003.83 KB]

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Alexandria faces major inefficiencies regarding financial sustainability of sanitation services. Wastewater tariffs in Alexandria are only covering around 20% of the total cost and …

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Johansson, M., Kvarnström, E., Richert Stintzing, A. (2009). Going to Scale with Urine Diversion in Sweden - From Individual Households to Municipal Systems in 15 Years. Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland. [150.87 KB]

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The Swedish development of “modern” urine diverting systems have been of interest also in an international context. This paper tries to describe this development as four …

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EAWAG, WSSCC (2005). Household-Centred Environmental Sanitation - Implementing the Bellagio Principles in Urban Environmental Sanitation. Provisional Guidelines for Decision Makers. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG) and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva, Duebendorf, Switzerland. [621.72 KB]

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This provisional Guideline challenges conventional thinking and proposes some guiding principles as the basis for future planning and implementation of environmental sanitation …

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Netssaf (2008). Plaidoyer pour la valorisation des déchets solides et liquides (in French) - Advocacy for solid and liquid wastes recovery. [365.74 KB]

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Le développement d’une démographique galopante dans les capitales africaines et dans les villes secondaires a entraîné d’énormes problèmes en matière d’hygiène et …

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