Rose George: Let’s talk crap. Seriously: 2013 TED TALK available now!

TED Page…

 

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The Wello Water Wheel Story : Cynthia Koenig at TEDxGateway

Cynthia talks about the often underestimated problem of water weight and how this problem is preventing millions of women from educating and empowering themselves. She points about the fact that ‘water is heavy’ using real life examples in Rajasnthan, India. Not only is water heavy but also time consuming and limiting women of important opportunities. She talks about her invention “wello” where she & her team have reinvented the wheel. She brings the water wheel on stage, explaining the design and features in this product, allowing the audience to see this easy to use, yet immensely life changing water wheel.

more on YouTube site…

Wello Water Site.

Cynthia’s Profile   on UnreasonableNetwork -(really, a good site)

Other drums solutions 

• The Q Drum
• The hippo Roller
• Aquaport (status unknown after 2010) video

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• Q-Drum re-invents the wheel by adding water to solve a water transport crisis for the world’s poor.

Waterless Urinals: A Resource Book

This is a Wonderful 39 page  Technical document  on covering  all aspect  of Waterless Urinals and some variants that incorporates
the core ideas.

written by

• Dr V M Chariar
• S Ramesh Sakthivel

from forward

This Resource Book is a guide that seeks to assist individuals, builders, engineers, architects, and policy makers in promoting waterless urinals and the benefits of harvesting urine for reuse through waterless urinals and urine diverting toilets.

Chapters cover a wide set of Waterless Urinals details

1. Waterless Urinals
   1. 1.1  Advantages of Waterless Urinals and Reuse of Urine
   2. 1.2  Demerits of Conventional Urinals
2. Functioning of Waterless Urinals
   1. 2.1  Sealant Liquid Traps
   2. 2.2  Membrane Traps
   3. 2.3  Biological Blocks
   4. 2.4  Comparative Analysis of Popular Odour Traps
   5. 2.5  Other Types of odour Traps
   6. 2.6  Installation and Maintenance of Waterless Urinals
3. Innovative Urinal Designs
   1. 3.1  Public Urinal Kiosk 21
   2. 3.2  Green Waterless Urinal
   3. 3.3  Self Constructed Urinals
4. Urine Diverting Toilets
5. Urine Harvesting for Agriculture
   1. 5.1  Safe Application of Urine 3
   2. 5.2  Methods of Urine Application
6. Other Applications of Urine
7. Challenges and the Way Forward
8. References and Further Reading

The book has a solid collection of tables and diagrams that support the text

• Comparative analysis of popular odour traps
• Average chemical composition of fresh urine
• Recommended dose of urine for various crops
• Waterless urinals for men
• Schematic diagram showing functioning of urinals
• Sealant liquid based odour trap
• Urinals with sealant liquid based odour traps
• Flat rubber tube by Keramag and silicon membranes by Addicom
• LDPE membrane by Shital Ceramics
• Biological blocks
• Formwork used for fabrication of public urinal kiosk
• Reinforced concrete public urinal kiosk
• Drawing of public urinal kiosk established at IIT Delhi
• Green urinal established at IIT Delhi
• Plant bed of green urinal with perforated pipe
• Drawing of public urinal kiosk established at IIT Delhi
• Self constructed urinal Eco‐lily
• Squatting type urine diverting dry toilet with two chambers
• Urine diverting no mix toilet 27 Sectional view of a urine diverting dry toilet
• Deep injection of urine using soil injector
• Deep injection of urine using perforated pet bottles
• Use of fertilisation tank for applying urine through drip irrigation
• Manually operated reactor for recovery of struvite
• Schematic drawing of ammonia stripping from urine

Among many topics the Doc  weighs pros and cons of of traps to prevent odor and gases for escaping .Most of the solutions  have cost / maintenance barriers that limit feasibility to particular set of cases. India is a large county and need a variety of solutions as does the rest of the world.

We will  will  be interested to learn more about Zerodor
“An odourless trap Zerodor which does not require replaceable parts or consumables resulting in low maintenance costs has been developed at IIT Delhi. This model is in final test stage yet to be made commercially available.”    more on Zerodor…

further notes from forward

Waterless Urinals do not require water for flushing and can be promoted at homes, institutions and public places to save water, energy and to harvest urine as a resource. Reduction in infrastructure required for water supply and waste water treatment is also a spinoff arising from installing waterless urinals. The concept, founded on the principles of ecological sanitation helps in preventing environmental damage caused by conventional flush sanitation systems.

In recent years, Human Urine has been identified as a potential resource that can be beneficially used for agriculture and industrial purposes. Human urine contains significant portion of essential plant nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphate and potassium excreted by human beings. Urine and faeces can also be separated employing systems such as urine diverting toilets. In the light of diminishing world’s phosphate and oil reserves which determine availability as well as pricing of mineral fertilisers, harvesting urine for reuse in agriculture assumes significant importance. Akin to the movement for harvesting rain water, urine harvesting is a concept which could have huge implications for resource conservation.

Link to download  book & A deeper overview:

with excerpts can be found on the the India Water Portal site  more….

Prepared By

• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
• Vigyan Vijay Foundation

Funded by 

• UNICEF
• SEI Stockholm Environment Institute

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• Lack of toilets, clean water costs world $260 bln a year – Liberian president (trust.org)

Global Health Volunteer Abroad Experience: Global Impact Corps

Overview:

Unite For Sight’s Global Impact Corps is a high-impact “immersive” global health experience for students and for professionals. Unite For Sight is renowned as the highest quality global health immersion and volunteer abroad program worldwide. Unite For Sight prides itself on offering the best global health experience for our Global Impact Fellows, coupled with the highest quality of healthcare delivery programs with our partners.

Locations of Year-Round Programs:

Ghana, Honduras, India
(volunteer for 7 days, 15 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more)

What do Global Impact Fellows do?:

Global Impact Fellows support and learn from the partner clinics’ talented medical professionals. Through hands-on, structured training, Global Impact Fellows gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in global health and social entrepreneurship, and they receive a Certificate in Global Health & Program Delivery.  

Global Impact Fellows come from very diverse backgrounds, including those interested in public health, medicine, international development, social entrepreneurship, and the social sciences.  Global Impact Fellows work with local doctors to eliminate patient barriers to care for patients living in extreme poverty.  They assist with patient education, visual acuity screening, patient intake, distributing the glasses and medication prescribed by the local eye doctors, and other important support tasks.  They also have the opportunity to observe the surgeries provided by the local doctors. Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for those interested in pursuing global health research. For example, current Global Impact Fellows are pursuing research studies about medication management, the use of visual resources for patient education, traditional medicine practices, and patient barriers to care.

What do Global Impact Fellows say?

“I gained a vast basin of knowledge not only about eye health, but also on the healthcare infrastructure, patient interactions, and management systems of the developing world. Reading about health issues in the news or in class became stark reality during my summer in Dhenkanal, and I now aim to reinvigorate my efforts to study and contribute to the field of international health. Over the course of my career, I hope that I can one day return to India as a doctor and remedy the health inequalities that remain ever-present on a global scale,” Pallavi Basu, Global Impact Fellow.  See more volunteer accounts at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad/volunteer-accounts

• See one users experience:  Going to Ghana

 

What Next:

See the complete details and the online application at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

 

• Overview
• Apply Now
• Impact
• Eligibility
• Program Locations
• Dates
• Requirements

source: content is  from their  site, email from Unite for Sight,  and blog: “Going to Ghana - One Global Impact Fellow’s Experience with Unite for Sight”

 

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Webinar:Why does diarrhea matter? Lessons from Countries

August 7, 2012 — MCHIP

Please join CORE Group and MCHIP for the second in a series of webinars on diarrheal disease.

WHEN: August 21st from 9 – 11 am EST

HOW: Join by registering at CORE Group’s website [2]

WHO: Moderated by Dr. Dyness Kasungami, MCHIP Team Leader for Child Health

DESCRIPTION:
The second leading cause of preventable child deaths, diarrheal disease claims the lives of 1.3 million children under-five annually, mostly in Africa and South Asia. Gains from the introduction of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and improved water, sanitation and hygiene are have not been sustained in many countries, with global coverage of ORT use being as low as 34%.

The first webinar in February focused on advocating for coordinated approaches to implement a package of effective interventions, and mobilizing resources and multi-disciplinary partners. In this second webinar, Dr. Dyness Kasungami will moderate a panel with three speakers who will present country success experiences  from Benin, Ghana and India in addressing low coverage of effective interventions in diarrheal disease.

The panelists will also share lessons learned surrounding promising practices to increase coverage of zinc, changed dynamics around ORS/zinc use, and the links between treatment and key Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practices for prevention. The panel presentation will be followed by an opportunity for a Q&A with participants.

PANELISTS:
Katharine McHugh is the WASH Technical Advisor at PSI.
Topics: Diarrhea treatment program in Benin; strengthening linkages between ORT/zinc and WASH

Kate Schroder is the Director of Essential Medicines Initiative of Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI).
Topic: Demand generation for ORS and zinc in India

Vicki MacDonald is the Child Health Advisor of Abt Associates.
Topic: A public/private partnership in Ghana to address the introduction of zinc

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New Report: Small-scale finance for water and sanitation

Published jointly by:

the SHARE research consortium and the EU Water Initiative EUWI – Finance Working Group.

“This report identifies ways in which governments and External Support Agencies can increase access to finance for small-scale (SSF) WATSAN providers, by channelling public funding to support the market and leverage private sector financing. Sophie discusses her research findings and gives example of successful small-scale finance initiatives across the globe.”

Author /Contributors / Acknowledgements

“This report has been written by Sophie Trémolet (Trémolet Consulting Limited, London). The report incorporates contributions and comments from Alan Hall (Chair of the EUWI-FWG) and James Winpenny (Wychwood Economic Consulting Ltd).”

“The paper was reviewed by Meera Mehta (Professor Emeritus at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India), April Rinne (Director of the WaterCredit programme at Water.org) and members of the FWG, who also responded to a survey of European Union (EU) donors on their current practices relative to small-scale finance.”

“Background research and drafting support were contributed by Sophie Ayling, Aarti Daryanani and Candice Lanoix. Much of the original material was gathered in the context of research in India and Tanzania funded by DFID through the SHARE research consortium as well as WaterAid Tanzania. The case studies were carried out jointly by Sophie Trémolet and members of the MicroSave team, including T.V.S. Ravi Kumar and Ravi Kant in India and George Muruka and George Mugweru in Kenya and Tanzania.”

Topics

(extracted from the report)

Executive summary
Key findings
What more could external support agencies do?
Which concerted actions could be initiated?
1. Introduction
1.1 Report objectives
1.2 Background to the report
1.3 Methodology
1.4 Report structure
2. Understanding the market
2.1 Who are small-scale service providers in the WATSAN sector?
2.2 What are their financing needs?
3. What type of repayable financing is available to SSF recipients?
3.1 Microfinance for households
3.2 Mesofinance for WATSAN service providers
4. How can public funds be used to increase finance to SSF recipients?
4.1 Should public sector support be provided to leverage SSF?
4.2 What experience do EU donors currently have in this area?
5. Potential financial instruments to support SSF
5.1 Grant funding
5.2 Concessional loans
5.3 Guarantees
5.4 Equity investments
6. The ‘channelling’ challenge: getting funds from A to B
6.1 The ‘straight line approach’ (through domestic financial institutions)
6.2 The ‘Apex approach’
6.3 The ‘funnel approach’
Annex A – Overview of the small-scale finance market in Kenya
Annex B – Glossary: financial terms relative to small-scale finance
Annex C – Useful resources

TABLES
Table 1. Types of small-scale WATSAN providers and their financing needs
Table 2. Microcredit for WATSAN: the case for and against
Table 3. Role of public funding to support SSF services to WATSAN
FIGURES
Figure 1. The overall ‘financing equation’ for WATSAN providers
Figure 2. Access to finance: the uncovered segments
Figure 3. Alternative channels to get funds from A to B

DOC details

• 72 pages  PDF
• pub date “April 2012″

It is a great report  and  even makes  attempts to address both pros  and cons.  As an example for  For “governments and external support agencies” the following  list for WATSAN financing :

Pros:

“Efficient use of funds and high leverage ratios (i.e. the amount of private funding leveraged for each USD of public funding provided): this may, therefore, help free up scarce public resources to target the poorest”

Cons

“Pro-poor targeting: microfinance (microcredit) may not lift affordability constraints for the poorest: it may only be applicable to a segment of the population (which would vary in size depending on the country) and is not the only means of increasing access”

This shall be a great  document to start /extend the conversation on SSF  with key NGOs, Government agencies, and other Financial type organizations.  (we look forward to the conference that does  just that)

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TEDx HOW NEXTDROP IS USING CELL PHONES, CROWDSOURCING TO GET WATER TO THE THIRSTY.

 

notes from the site:
In many cities in developing countries, residents have piped water supplies. But there’s a catch: the water is only available through the pipes for a few hours at a time, and people have no way of knowing when that will be. As a result, residents (mostly women and the poor) spend their days just waiting for the water to arrive. Anu Shiridharan from NextDrop, one of the speakers at TEDxGateway, has a solution.

Anu Sridharan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in December 2010 with a Master’s degree in Civil Systems engineering, and received her Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley in 2009 as well.

During her time there, Anu researched the optimization of pipe networked systems in emerging economies as well as business models for the dissemination of water purification technologies for arsenic removal in emerging economies.

Anu also served as the Education and Health director for a water/sanitation project in the slums of Mumbai, India called “Haath Mein Sehat” where she piloted a successful volunteer recruitment and community training model.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

http://www.tedxgateway.com
http://www.ted.com

poop highway

water for people      #talkshit  #sanitation #toilet

new reprort Financing On-Site Sanitation for the Poor

Financing On-Site  Sanitation for the Poor A Six Country Comparative Review and Analysis

is Available From WSP Water and Sanitation Program is 174 page pdf doc dated January 2010

On-Site Sanitation for the Poor

“The study was written by Sophie Trémolet (independent consultant) under the leadership and guidance of Eddy Perez (Water and Sanitation Program – WSP) and Pete Kolsky (World Bank)…”

It starts with a quick overview of current conditions quoting from a variety of existing publications:

“…sanitation costs the economies of four Southeast Asian countries the equivalent of approximately 2 percent of their GDP…”

“In the six countries described in this study, the capital cost of household sanitation varied between US$17 and US$568, costs which often exceeded half the annual household income of the poor in the respective project areas.”

They go on to say ” The challenges of fnance – the practical decisions about who pays how much for what, when, and how – thus lie at the heart of the world’s eforts to promote health, dignity, and a cleaner environment through sanitation. Yet despite the importance of the topic, past eforts to gather meaningful data on sanitation fnance have largely failed.”   Thus, the study.

The 6 cases studies are:

• Bangladesh DISHARI – based on Community Led Total Sanitation CTLS
  • rural areas
  • Basic latrines
  • 1,630,733 people
  • 2004 to 2008
• Ecuador  – PRAGUAS
  • rural areas
  • Sanitation units (toilet, septic tank, sink, shower)
  • 143,320 people
  • 2001 to 2006
• Maharashtra (India) – Total Sanitation Campaign   (TSC) using CLTS approaches
  • rural areas
  • Improved latrines
  • 21,200,417 people
  • July 2000 to November 2008
• Mozambique – Improved Latrines Program (PLM) -
  • urban areas
  • Improved latrines
  • 1,887,891 people
  • 1980 to 2007
• Sénégal- PAQPUD -
  • urban areas
  • improved latrines to septic tanks
  • 410,507 people
  • 2002 to 2005
• Vietnam – Sanitation Revolving Fund SRF
  • urban areas
  • Mostly bathrooms and septic tanks
  • 193,670 people
  • 2001 to 2008

According to the study they address:

•  How much does provision of access to on-site sanitation cost, that is, once all costs (hardware and soft-
ware) are taken into account?
•  Do the type and scale of sanitation subsidy afect provision and uptake? How?
•  How can the public sector most efectively support household investment in on-site sanitation?
•  Should it be via investment in demand stimulation, subsidies to households or suppliers, by support to
credit schemes, or by other means?
•  Should hardware subsidies be provided or should public spending be focused on promoting demand or supporting the supply side of the market? Where hardware subsidies are adopted, what is the best way
to ensure that they reach their intended recipients and are sustainable and scalable?

•  What innovative mechanisms (such as credit or revolving funds) can be used to promote household sanitation fnancing?

Evaluation criteria:

1. “Impact on sustainable access  to services: Did the project contribute to increasing access to sanitation? “
2. “Costs: Are the costs of the resulting sanitation facilities reasonable and affordable to the beneficiaries?”
3. “Effectiveness in the use of public funds: Were public funds used in a way that maximized impact? “
4. “Poverty targeting: Did the program seek to target the poor and was the program effective at doing so?”
5. “Financial sustainability:    Could the financial approach be sustained over time without external support?”
6. “Scalability:    Could the fnancial approach be scaled up to cover those who are not yet covered in the
   country at a reasonable cost?”

The Key finding explored in detail in the study are

1. “Taken together, the case studies make a compelling case that partial public funding can trigger signifcantly increased access to household sanitation. “
2. “The studies show that the most relevant question is not “Are subsidies good or bad?” but rather “How best can we invest public funds?” “
3. “The diferent fnancing strategies adopted had a profound infuence, for better or for worse, on equity, scale, sustainability, levels of service, and costs.”
4. “Households are key investors in on-site sanitation, and careful project design and implementation can maximize their involvement, satisfaction, and fnancial investment…”
5. “Hardware subsidies of some form played a critical role in all six case studies. “
6. “Subsidy targeting methods need to be tailored to country circumstances.  “
7. “The provision of hardware subsidies on an output basis rather than an input basis can be efective at stimulating demand and leveraging private investment.”
8. All of the case studies included a signifcant publicly funded software component (promotion and community mobilization).

Related:

Gates Foundation steps up water efforts with grant to improve sanitation

The challenges of financing sanitation

Ethiopia – Effective financing of local governments to provide water and sanitation services

Innovations in Financing Urban Water & Sanitation

Urine diversion toilet components – A Technology Review

This was first noted/posted  by SuSanA( EN FR ES ) and worthy of    “post duplicating”

GTZ Has published a set of technology reviews the last Quarter of 2009 dealing with “some
technologies commonly used as toilets or as treatment systems in ecosan systems.”

GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit translated- German Agency for Technical Cooperation) is federally owned and “…supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.” according to its about us web page Thier focus is sustainable development.  Their is site is available in English and Deutsche de

The following comes  from  http://www.gtz.de/en/themen/umwelt-infrastruktur/wasser/9397.htm and the actual documents.

Technology Review 1: Urine diversion components

• Overview of urine diversion components such as waterless urinals, urine diversion toilets, urine storage and reuse systems
  Version of 6 December 2009. Hard copies are available on request.
  gtz2009-en-technology-review-urine-diversion.pdf
  1,58 MB 32 pages (English)

• Sampling of sections: Challenges, pathogens, nutrients, micro polutants, treaetment, cost +/-, advantages and disadvantages as fertilizer, waterline urinals, odor control, urine diversion dehydration toilets (UDDTs) & Storage tanks

• Appendix: Worldwide listing of suppliers for waterless urinals and urine diversion toilet pedestals and squatting pans
  Draft version of 14 May 09
• en-urine-diversion-appendix-suppliers-lists-2009-14-May.pdf
  0,58 MB  18 pages (English)
• Sections include:
  photos  and Suppliers contact information, in alphabetical order by country
  1. waterless urinals
  2. UDD toilets – pedestals / sitting type
  3. UDD toilets – squatting pans
  4. UD flush toilets – sitting type
  5. UD flush toilets – squatting type (1 vendor)

Technology Review 2: Urine diversion dehydration toilets (UDDTs)

• Basic description of urine diversion dehydration toilets (UDDTs)
  Draft version of 2 December 2009
  gtz2009-en-technology-review-udd-toilets.pdf,
  0,13 MB  8 pages (English)
• Overview:
  • topics  are brief, being  limited to a paragraph or two. It is a good summary but not intended  for those wanting details.

• Dehydration toilets – Construction plans – selected examples
  en-ecosan-tds-02-c1-dehydration-toilets-plans-2006.pdf
  5,89 MB 14 pages (English)
• The important note is “Note that plans presented cannot serve  as blueprints for other projects but  only provide some ideas on dimension and design of deyhdration toilets.”
• Plans cover:
  • Double-vault , Bohol, Philippines (DILG-GTZ Water Program, Municiplaitiy of Tagbilaran)
  • with movable bins, Bohol, Philippines. (DILG-GTZ Water Program, Municiplaitiy of Tagbilaran)
  • Urine diversion dyhdration toilets in Navsarjan Primary School, India (Report on Case Studies of ecosan Pilot Projects in India,
    Martin Wafler, 2006)
  • double vault  , Chile (CETAL)
  • double vault with evapotranspiration bed for anal cleansing water, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (ENPHO)
  • that is Double vault , demonstration toilet, Kalungu Girls Secondary School, Uganda (TBL, Markus Lechner)
  • with movable container, Kalungu Girls Secondary School, Uganda (TBL, Markus Lechner)
  • with movable container, Kalungu Girls Secondary School, Uganda (TBL, Markus Lechner)
  • and shower block, Luzira, Uganda (Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment)

• Dehydration toilets – User instructions – selected examples
  en-ecosan-tds-02-c2-dehydration-toilets-user-instructions-2006.pdf
  6,42 MB  11 pages (English)

• Content includes:
  
  • colored posters in one of the common languages of the  country produced in, viewable on a stands size copy paper.

• • Philippines: ecosan – user guidelines for cleaning device
  • Philippines: ecosan – dos and don’t  when using – for men and women
  • Benin: ecosan -usage (by male) and cleaning overview
  • Nepal: Urine diversion dehydration toilets poster – do’s and don’t  when using-  for men
    (reduce in size – text is not legible )
  • South Africa: Urine diversion dehydration toilets-
    3diagrams and one Q &A sheet about use, misuses , functionality,  and care/maintenance

• Technical drawings of urine diversion dehydration toilets on SuSanA website: www.susana.org/technical-drawings
  0 MB xpages
• Web page with links to a number of plans including Constructed Wetlands, Biogas fixed dome plants, as well as UDDTs

Technology Review 3: Composting toilets

• Basic overview of composting toilets
  Version of 28 October 2009
  gtz2009-en-technology-review-composting-toilets.pdf
  0,64 MB 15 pages  (English)
• Contents includes:
  • Introduction, Overview & General recommendations for operation 6 paages
  • Single-vault composting toilets   2 page
  • Multiple-vault composting toilets 1 page
  • Mobile bucket or bin toilets followed by composting of the excreta 2  page
  • Composting toilets with mechanical devices 3 pages

• Appendix: Range of manufacturers and commercially available composting toilets
  Version of  1 December 2009
  gtz2009-technology-review-composting-toilets-appendix.pdf
  0,41 MB  7 pages  (English)
• Content includes:
  • 17 or so vendor  products with contact information
  • with bullet-ed feature list and photo
  • from America  and Europe and Australia

Technology Review 4: Biogas sanitation

• Biogas sanitation for black water or brown water, or excreta treatment and reuse in developing countries
  Draft version of 13 December 2009
  gtz2009-en-technology-review-biogas-sanitation.pdf
  0,13 MB  8 pages  (English)
• Overview:
  • A short introduction designed for people who  “….want to get an overview of biogas sanitation, their
    different designs, their application, maintenance, efficiency and technical components”

Technologie Review 5: Constructed wetlands

• Constructed wetlands for greywater and domestic wastewater treatment in developing countries
  Draft version of 16 December 2009
  gtz2009-en-technology-review-constructed-wetlands-version-2.pdf
  2,00 MB  17 pages (English)
• Partial content:
  • Introduction to constructed wetlands (CWs)
  • Design, operation and maintenance of CWs
  • Plants used in CWs
  • Subsurface flow constructed wetlands (SSF CWs) (horizontal  vertical hybrid)
  • Free water surface constructed wetlands (FWS CWs)
  • Costs and project examples

NOTES:

They, GTZ,  suggests the site  http://www.susana.org/lang-en/working-groups for in depth information.  SuSanA (Sustainable Sanitation Alliance) has formed working groups for a range topics centered on sanitation. Their admirable and hopefully achievable goal is to “…provide deliverables  that underline the problems and opportunities …” for these topics.  The working groups break  out as follows:

• • Working group 1 - capacity development
  • Working group 2 - costs and economics
  • Working group 3 – renewable energies, climate change and groundwater protection
  • Working group 4 – sanitation systems, technology options, hygiene and health
  • Working group 5 – food security and productive sanitation systems
  • Working group 6 – sustainable sanitation for cities and planning
  • Working group 7 – community, rural and school sanitation
  • Working group 8 - sustainable sanitation in emergency and reconstruction situations
  • Working group 9 - sanitation as a business
  • Working group 10 – public awareness and sanitation marketing
  • Working group 11 - operation and maintenance of sustainable sanitation
  • Working group 12 – gender aspects of sustainable sanitation