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

Water Quality Assessment in Ecuador

Published: 
February 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
As part of A.I.D.'s response to the El Tor cholera epidemic which arrived in Ecuador in 1991, a multidisciplinary team from the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project conducted a cholera assessment of the country. The team reviewed conditions at both the national level and in three...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Sustainability Assessment for the Benin Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project

Published: 
August 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The sustainability of the Benin Rural Water and Sanitation Project, scheduled for completion 9/92, is assessed. The project has successfully constructed wells and demonstration latrines; provided training to village health committees, government extension workers, and pump repair workers; and...Read more
Regional focus: 
BeninSub-Saharan Africa

Rethinking Sanitation: Adding Behavioral Change to The Project Mix

Published: 
July 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
All too often, water and sanitation projects focus on new facilities to the neglect of sanitation and hygiene behaviors. This study makes a case for letting the determination of what behavioral sanitation changes may reasonably be introduced within the cultural and religious milieu of the target...Read more

Country Program Strategy, FY 1992-1996: Water and Wastewater

Published: 
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The importance of potable water and sanitary drainage to the Egyptian economy and quality of life can not be overstated. the Nile is the source of 80 percent of Egyptian drinking water and it is to the Nile that the wastewater effluent eventually drains. Pollutants in this closed system have...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

WEC Trip Report to Sophia, Bulgaria: Review of Sanitation Operations

Published: 
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Between May 17 through May 24,1992, members of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DOS) visited the city of Sofia, Bulgaria, on an activity sponsored by the World Environment Center. The purpose of the trip was to assess and make recommendations for improvements on the municipal solid...Read more
Regional focus: 
BulgariaEurope and Central Asia

Trip Report to Prague Municipal Sanitation Company

Published: 
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
In November 1991, a team of four officials from New York City's Department of Sanitation visited Prague, Czechoslovakia to review its municipal waste disposal system. The mission from New York made a set of proposal based on its experience, that the Czech may consider as they move forward to...Read more
Regional focus: 
Czech RepublicEurope and Central Asia

WEC Trip Report to Bucharest, Romania: Review of Sanitation Operations

Published: 
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Between May 25 through May 30,1992, members of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DOS) visited the city of Bucharest in Romania, on an activity sponsored by the World Environment Center. The purpose of the trip was to assess and make recommendations for improvements on the municipal solid...Read more
Regional focus: 
RomaniaEurope and Central Asia

Scoping Reports for The Environmental Assessments for The Canal Cities Water and Wastewater Phase II Project

Published: 
March 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
Egypt's National Organization for Potable Water Supply and Sanitary Drainage (NOPWASD), in association with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is proposing to build a new sewage treatment plant for Suez City. The proposed treatment plant is one element of the Canal...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Development of a National Strategy for Sewage Disposal in Tunisia: Phase Ii

Published: 
July 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
Specifically, the purpose of this exploratory study was to assess sewage disposal in urban areas not served by ONAS and establish a process for formulating a national sewage disposal strategy for the development and promotion of alternative disposal methods in Tunisia. The objectives of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
TunisiaMiddle East and North Africa

Development of a National Strategy for Sewage Disposal in Tunisia, Phase I

Published: 
December 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
At the request of the USAID Regional Housing and Urban Development Office in Tunis, The Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project conducted an exploratory study with the goal of elaborating a national strategy on the subject of sewage disposal in areas not served by the Tunisian National...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

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