Waste Management

According to WHO, poor waste disposal practices are responsible for a significant proportion of the world's infectious disease burden. In many areas, municipal sewage is often mixed with industrial waste and in some regions very little wastewater receives treatment before it is discharged into the environment. Resources available in this sub-theme include assessment reports of wastewater treatment plants, national strategies for sewage disposal, among other resources that support sustainable waste management.

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Waste Management Resources

iDE's Sanitation Marketing

iDE
This provides a brief overview of iDE's innovative, market-based approach to safe water and sanitation access in rural areas.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

WaterMatch

CH2M HILL
WaterMatch is a goodwill grassroots initiative to promote the beneficial reuse of municipal effluent by industrial and agricultural users. Water users can locate municipal wastewater treatment plants in their area. Municipal wastewater organizations can provide information in their profile.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Water and Sanitation Markets in the Pacific: Understanding Demand and Fostering Sustainable WASH Marketplaces

The Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Sanitation marketing has been identified as a promising approach for increasing access to adequate sanitation. However, it is unclear if sanitation marketing offers a coherent framework that can transform the WASH sector in the Pacific into a sustainable, demand-driven market. Further, access to...Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

Downstream of the Toilet: Transforming Poo into Profit

U.S. Agency for International Development
This briefing note provides a look into the private-sector service delivery model that WASHplus and the International NGO Practica designed and piloted in Ambositra, Madagascar to sustainably manage fecal sludge generated in the city using low-cost decentralized technologies.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Investigating the Perceptions and Barriers to Menstrual Hygiene Management in Zambia

Published: 
February 1, 2014
World Vision
This report summarizes findings of a three-month on-site research project conducted by a University of North Carolina doctoral student on menstrual hygiene management.Read more
Regional focus: 
Zambia

Case Study on Improvements in Open Defecation

Published: 
March 1, 2014
World Vision
When families have drinking water and improved sanitation near their homes, and adopt good hygiene practices, they gain health and hope for life. Noelie, a community member, tells the story of change in her community.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Water and Sustainability (Volume 4): U.S. Electricity Consumption for Water Supply and Treatment -- The Next Century

Published: 
January 1, 2002
Electric Power Research Institute
The objectives of this study are to determine if there will be sufficient electricity available for providing fresh water and treating wastewater to satisfy the country's agricultural, power production, industrial, and drinking water needs, deterrmine typical electricity consumption per unit...Read more

Frontiers of CLTS Issue 3: Disability - Making CLTS Fully Inclusive

Published: 
July 25, 2014
WaterAidWEDC - Loughborough University
Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) aims at total sanitation. For that it has to be inclusive. There are ethical reasons for this, but the bottom line is that while any open defecation continues, all are affected. This issue of Frontiers of CLTS focuses on people with disabilities and particular...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS)

Published: 
April 27, 2017
This workshop offers an introduction to types of water sources and contamination, the water treatment process and household water treatment and safe storage options. It also addresses which criteria to consider when looking at different options within HWTS. You will have the opportunity to practice...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Drinking Water Quality Testing

Published: 
April 29, 2017
This workshop includes theory, demonstrations, discussion, case studies and hands-on practice to asses: how to use portable test kits; different DWQT methods; how to test physical, chemical and microbiological parameters of drinking water; topics including health, safety, sanitary inspections,...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

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