Water, Sanitation, Hygiene
According to the Centers for Disease Control, global access to safe water, adequate sanitation, and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease, leading to improved health, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Resources available within this theme offer information on providing access to safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities, and introducing sound hygiene behaviors.
Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Resources
Training Video: Drilling Zones 1 and 2
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January 1, 2012Water4
This 11-minute training video provides an overview of drilling zones 1 and 2. After an appropriate site for hand drilling has been selected the drilling begins. During the drilling process, several different geological zones will be encountered: top soil, dirt, dry sand, sand & clay mix, clay...Read more
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GlobalTraining Video: Drilling Zone 3
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January 1, 2012Water4
This 8-minute video provides a brief overview of drilling through zone 3, hard layers. A hard layer is defined as any layer in which the 6" auger or 5" auger will not work. When you encounter a hard layer your first option is a 4" auger. One geological zone where it would be...Read more
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GlobalTraining Video: Well Completion
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January 1, 2012Water4
This 13-minute training video provides an overview of well completion, once you have the appropriate amount of water volume and recharge in the borehole.Read more
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GlobaliDE's Perspective on Women in Development
iDE
This provides a brief overview of the role of women in iDE's work and the impact that targeting women with development activities has...Read more
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GlobaliDE'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
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GlobalWaterMatch
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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
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GlobalH2infO DC Launch Program - State Department
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October 3, 2014Thank you so much for joining us today at the U.S. Department of State. We hope you enjoy today's event.
Please click the green button above to access the program...Read more
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GlobalWWF Side Events
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April 13, 2015This resource profile will direct you to the schedule for all World Water Forum side events.Read more
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GlobalVideo: Assessing and Planning Water Services with SolutionMUS
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May 1, 2015Winrock International
Unlike most rural water supply programs, SolutionMUS makes no assumptions about clients' water needs. This video describes SolutionMUS' participatory approach to assessing and planning water services known as water accounting. ...Read more
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GlobalVideo: Promoting Local Supply Chains with SolutionMUS
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May 1, 2015Winrock International
Whenever clients' water needs can be addressed by local entrepreneurs, SolutionMUS seeks to catalyze scalable, market-based solutions taking demand and supply into account. See how SolutionMUS enhances the scalability and sustainability of water services by working across the supply chain of...Read more
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