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

Technical Recommendations for Wastewater Treatment Demonstration (Pilot) Plants for Lebanon

Published: 
March 25, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
An Environmental Sanitation Project has been undertaken jointly by the Lebanese government's Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDI), the Lebanese Ministry of Health (MOH) and the American University of Beirut (AUB) with financial assistance from U.S. AID for building two (2)...Read more
Regional focus: 
LebanonMiddle East and North Africa

Preliminary Design Report: Wastewater Treatment Facilities; Irbid Municipal Water Distribution, Sewerage, Storm Drainage and Solid Waste Disposal Project

Published: 
November 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
This is a preliminary design report on a wastewater treatment facilities and disposal project. This preliminary design report culminates the first step of the design process. The report sets forth the design criteria, provides a description of the wastewater treatment and sludge handling processes...Read more
Regional focus: 
JordanMiddle East and North Africa

Appropriate Methods of Treating Water and Wastewater in Developing Countries

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
This volume concerns the proper site-specific selection of appropriate technology for water treatment and waste disposal systems in cities and towns of LDC's. Many water projects have not worked when direct technology transfers have resulted in the selection of treatment processes too...Read more

Contributions to a Mail Survey on Practical Solutions in Drinking Water Supply and Wastes Disposal for Developing Countries

Published: 
February 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
THIS MAIL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COLLECTION OF FIELD EXPERIENCE AND UNPUBLISHED DATA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS IN DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND WASTES DISPOSAL IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A NEED WAS FELT FOR A COMPILATION OF INFORMATION OF ALTERNATIVE...Read more

Lower Cost Methods of Water and Waste Treatment in Less Developed Countries; Final Report

Published: 
January 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
Past efforts at assisting less developed countries to develop low-cost water and sewage treatment methods have not been too successful. The technology transfers have usually been incompatible with in-country resources of manpower and materials. In 1973, aid. sponsored a three-year project at the...Read more

Appropriate Methods of Treating Water and Wastewater in Developing Countries, Data Requirements

Published: 
October 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
THE PREDICTION MODEL TO HELP PLANNERS SELECT SUITABLE WATER AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES REQUIRES THE INPUT OF CERTAIN TYPES OF DATA. FOR THAT PURPOSE DATA HAS BEEN FORMULATED BY THE FOLLOWING CATAGORIES: 1. BASIC INFORMATION NECESSARY TO USE THE PREDICTIVE MODEL CONSISTING OF DEMOGRAPHIC...Read more

Health and Nutrition Benefits--Improving Water Supplies

Published: 
August 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
Field study focuses on the crucial importance of improved water supply as a means to control diarrheal disease. The study approach is broad in that it recognizes that contaminated water is not the sole factor in diarrheal disease. Other factors, particularly cultural habits of hygiene and...Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Prediction Methodology for Suitable Water and Wastewater Processes, Suppl. 2: Computer Program

Published: 
May 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
THIS SUPPLEMENT INCLUDES A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE "PREDICTION METHODOLOGY FOR SUITABLE WATER AND WASTEWATER PROCESSES" WHICH IS A MODEL FOR THE SELECTION OF THE MOST APPROPRIATE WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHODS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. THE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL...Read more

Microfinance Loans to Increase Sanitary Latrine Sales: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Cambodia

iDE
This document gives a brief overview of iDE Cambodia and ID insight's study of a randomized controlled trial testing the impact of offering microfinance loans for latrines versus the current cash on delivery model.Read more
Regional focus: 
CambodiaEast Asia and Pacific

Understanding Willingness to Pay for Sanitary Latrines in Rural Cambodia: Findings from Four Field Experiments of iDE Cambodia's Sanitation Marketing Program

iDE
This study is the outcome of iDE Cambodia and ID insight's study of a randomized controlled trial testing the impact of offering microfinance loans for latrines versus the current cash on delivery model.Read more
Regional focus: 
CambodiaEast Asia and Pacific

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