From 14-17 October 2008, the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) convened the international symposium on “Coupling Sustainable Sanitation and Groundwater Protection” in Hannover, Germany, in order to highlight the immense problems of groundwater pollution due to absent or inadequate sanitation facilities in developing countries.

Together with international co-convenors (BMZ, UNEP and WHO) and supporting organizations (BORDA, DED, DWA, GTZ, IAH, KfW and TTZ), BGR offered this symposium as the first event dealing with both topics. About 130 participants from more than 30 countries discussed the links between sustainable sanitation and groundwater protection. A comprehensive poster exhibition covered a vast variety of lessons learnt, mainly from developing countries. The symposium was one of the activities of BGR realized within the framework of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance.

This library entry consists of posters presented during the symposium.

The current status of sanitation and groundwater linkage in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Vulnerability of shallow aquifers to pollution, the Ugandan case

Integrated groundwater modeling and hydrochemical study in Addis Ababa area: Towards developing decision support system for wellhead protection

Groundwater pollution in shantytowns of Cotonou: Which strategies to limit waterborne diseases risks?

Nitrate pollution in groundwater in the Pearl River delta, China

Evidence of improper sanitation on groundwater quality in Thiaroye aquifer, Dakar, Senegal: An isotopic approach

Water supply and sanitation of Kabul basin

Impact of land use on groundwater quality in the Thiaroye unsewered suburb (Dakar, Senegal): Remote sensing and GIS approach

Water quality asessment of the Benig River: Implication to environmental management

A sustainable sanitation for internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka

Leaf area and yield response of urine fertilised sorghum: A field trial in Ghana

Efficiency of different sanitisation methods on nutrient preservation and pathogen destruction in faecal matter: Report on ongoing research in Ghana

Urine diverting dehydration toilets to harness nutrients: An estimation for Ghana

Accessible water and sanitation facilities by and for disabled people

Origin of nitrate in shallow groundwater in Teungku Dilaweueng, Aceh Province, Indonesia

Natural attenuation of an urban CHC-plume – prediction results

Anthropogenic pollution characteristics and impacts on shallow groundwater in a peri-urban settlement in Kampala, Uganda and solutions for prevention

East Bank effluent re-use study 4-monitoring of groundwater contamination as affected by crop irrigation with secondary groundwater contamination

Low-cost technologies based on heterogeneous photocatalysis and zerovalent iron for arsenic removal in the Chacopampean plain, Argentina

Sustainable urban drainage system for Barangay Bonbon, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

Safeguarding the water supply of Beirut - Protection of the Jeita Spring

Assessment of sustainable sanitation and protection of the groundwater aquifers

New sanitation concepts for condominium housing: Urine-diverting dry toilets in multi-storey buildings in Ethiopia

Water point hygiene and good sanitary practices - key to groundwater protection. A case study from Zambia

Water safety plan and protection for sustainable underground water resources

Impact of two different on-site sanitation solutions on human health risks associated with the aquifer pathway and exposure to pathogens from shallow water supply wells

Contamination of ground water in Bwaise slums - a challenge to the developing parts of Uganda

Living organisms, cysts and gastrointestinal parasites eggs in wells and spring water used by the populations in the city of Dschang, Cameroon

Combining waste water infrastructure, nutrient recycling and urban landscape development in Le Binh, Can Tho, Vietnam

Sanitation practices and their potential influence on groundwater quality in Lusaka

Impacts of low sanitation to groundwater resources in some parts of Dar Es Salaam City, Tanzania

Retention of Escherichia coli and Salmonella sp by two soil layers closely topping groundwater table in equatorial region in Cameroon

Behaviour of three pharmaceuticals in soil applied by urine fertilisation

Groundwater contamination due to sanitation problems and it’s relation to soil characteristics (case study in Denipitiya, Sri Lanka)

Elimination of emerging pollutants in membrane bioreactors (MBR) and soil-aquifer-treatment (SAT)

Reinventing waterscape urbanism, Changde, China

Development of molecular biological tools to monitor virus elimination in waste water reuse

Jordan experience in watershed management (Qairwan Spring at Jarrash Governorate Case)

Groundwater protection as important component of an IWRM - experiences from central northern Namibia

Impact of untreated sewage infiltration on metalloid cycle in shallow aquifer: Case study with implications for SE Asia

Design of low cost water recycle system in a small scale food industry to overcome groundwater shortage

Artificial groundwater recharge in Jordan using various water qualities - Large scale potential map and individual test sites in Jordan

Bibliographic information

Various Authors (2008). International Symposium on Sustainable Sanitation and Groundwater in Hannover, Germany Conference materials: Posters

Filter / Tags

Posters, brochures and flyersEnglish

Downloads