In this section the working groups of SuSanA present their publications.
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Vision document
We provide our vision document in the following languages:
- Amharic
- Arabic,
- Chinese,
- English,
- French,
- German,
- Hindi,
- Japanese,
- Kiswhahili
- Portuguese
- Spanish and
- Russian.
Working group 1 - capacity development
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SuSanA factsheet Capacity Development The factsheet presents an overview of capacity development within the context of sustainable sanitation, identifies capacity needs within the sector, and recommends strategies and outlines existing tools that help address those needs. |
Working group 2 - costs and economics
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SuSanA factsheet Cost and economics The factsheet introduces the concepts of costs and economics, presents simple analytical tools for comparing sanitation interventions, and illustrates these concepts and tools using evidence from previous economic studies. |
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Literature review The literature review presents a summary of more than 90 publications on economic aspects of sanitation, organised under relevant sub-topics. |
Working group 3 - renewable energies, climate change and groundwater protection
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SuSanA factsheet Links between sanitation, climate change and renewable energies The factsheet presents climate change related mitigation and adaptation measures possible within sustainable sanitation, particularly using sanitation products for renewable energy production. |
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SuSanA factsheet Sustainable Sanitation & groundwater protection The factsheet describes groundwater pollution and its links with sanitation, discusses protection of groundwater and the role of sustainable sanitation therein, and gives policy recommendations that integrate ground water protection with sustainable sanitation. |
Working group 4 - sanitation systems, technology options, hygiene and health
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SuSanA factsheet Sanitation systems and technology options The factsheet presents a systematisation of sanitation systems and outlines criteria to evaluate the individual technology components and the complete system. |
Working group 5 - food security and productive sanitation systems
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SuSanA factsheet Food security and productive sanitation systems The factsheet describes the food security situation especially in light of limited global resources, the role of sustainable sanitation in closing the nutrient loop and increasing productivity, and challenges in implementing productive sanitation systems. |
Working group 6 - sustainable sanitation for cities and planning
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SuSanA factsheet Planning for sustainable sanitation The factsheet describes the failures of past supply-driven sanitation approaches, presents innovations in sanitation planning and gives guidelines for successful sanitation planning. |
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SuSanA thematic paper sustainable sanitation for cities The paper describes the urban sanitation problems, examines the sustainability criteria of sanitation within an urban context, outlines some typical urban settings and sustainable sanitation approaches for each setting, and guidelines for taking action in the future. |
Working group 7 - community, rural and school sanitation
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SuSanA factsheet sustainable school sanitation The factsheet gives an overview of specific needs for sustainable school sanitation in terms of planning and implementation and the positive outcomes of sustainable school sanitation when correctly implemented. |
Working group 12 - gender aspects of sustainable sanitation
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SuSanA factsheet Integrating a gender perspective in sustainable sanitation The factsheet presents the basis for integrating a gender perspective into the efforts of promoting sustainable sanitation and lists guiding questions that help in assessing the extent of gender mainstreaming in the planning, design and implementation of sustainable sanitation systems. |
Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
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Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies A compilation of sanitation technologies with their advantages and disadvantages and a description of system templates for designing a logical sanitation system with the technologies. |
Water and sanitation program (WSP)
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Study for Financial and Economic Analysis of Ecological Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa A study that compares ecosan with conventional sanitation systems in terms of financial and economic costs and benefits, in order to assist decision-makers and sponsors of development programs to make informed decisions about relative merits of different types of sanitation . |