Perspectives are different frameworks from which to explore the knowledge around sustainable sanitation and water management. Perspectives are like filters: they compile and structure the information that relate to a given focus theme, region or context. This allows you to quickly navigate to the content of your particular interest while promoting the holistic understanding of sustainable sanitation and water management.
Web page of the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre with several publications dealing with water supplies.
This technical working group came up with the techniques for assessment and detection of leaks, but also developed guidelines for use of units to express leakage for further comparison with other areas in the same zone, amongst zones, amongst different systems in the same city and to compare systems of different cities bringing them on a common footing. It also presents possible targeted and good practice values.
WAA ; WRC (1985): Leakage Control Policy and Practice. London: Water Authorities Association (WAA), Water Research Centre (WRC), Technical Working Group on Waste Water URL [Visita: 16.08.2010]
Paper on the demand-oriented introduction of household-level biogas reactors.
LEBOFA, M. (n.y): Demand Oriented Biogas Technology Extension in Lesotho. Technologies of Economic Development URL [Visita: 16.08.2010]
Overview presentation of a leak detection program, aimed at professionals. Basic equipment and planning.
HARRELL, T. (2009): Arizona Water Company's Leak Detection Program. Arizona Water Company. [Accessed: 16.08.2010] PDF
This book describes approaches and methods of composting on neighbourhood level in small-and middle-scale plants. It considers issues of waste collection, composting technologies, management systems, occupational health concerns, product quality, marketing and end-user demands.
DRESCHER, S. ZURBRUEGG, C. ENAYETULLAH, I. SINGHA, M.A.D. (2006): Decentralised Composting for Cities of Low- and Middle-Income Countries – A User’s Manual. Dhaka: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science (EAWAG), Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDEC) and Waste Concern URL [Visita: 16.08.2010]This short film present the construction and design of a composting toilet with rotating vaults built in Alaska.
A case study on household-level composition in Kitgum, Uganda. The project aims at using composting to develop practical operation and management strategies for peri-urban areas and to demonstrate the safe reuse of faces by co-composting them.
KINOBE, J. OLWENY, S. NIWAGABA, C. (2010): Composting at Households in Kitgum Town, Uganda - Draft. (= Susana Case Study ). Eschborn: Susana URL [Visita: 16.08.2010]This film shows how a composting toilet can work in a home and how to use grey water for irrigation.
This site explains a hundred ways how you can conserve water.
Website of the Rural Water Supply Network. RWSN focuses on the following four flagship themes, with an emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa: Self supply, Cost-effective boreholes, Sustainable rural water supplies, and Hand pump technologies, and contains a lot of information regarding all these aspects.
Presentation dealing with importance of controlling non-revenue water and managing water distribution. Different tools to do so and in particular to control leakage are presented. This publication also contains a case study from Thailand.
PEDERSEN, J. (2005): Water Distribution Management and Reduction . (= Presentation ). Denmark: Watertech Ltd. [Accessed: 16.08.2010] PDF
This circular is a practical guide for managing drip irrigation systems including fertigation.
BEWERAGE, K. (2000): Drip Irrigation for Row Crops, Circular 573. New Mexico: New Mexico State University, College of Agriculture and Home Economics URL [Visita: 13.08.2010]
The papers in these proceedings demonstrate the many uses of fertigation and highlight the opportunities created by effectively managing water and nutrients.
IMAS, P. (2005): Fertigation: Optimizing the Utilization of Water and Nutrients. (= Fertigation Proceedings: Selected papers presented at the joint IPI-NATESC-CAU CAAS International Symposium on Fertigation Optimizing the utilization of water and nutrients Beijing ). [Accessed: 13.08.2010] PDF
This paper contains information about strategies on how to manage water for a year-round production using fertigation as one of the options.
HOLMER ROBERT J. (2003): Water Management Strategies for Year Round Vegetable Production in Cagayan de Oro City. (= Paper presented at the MILAMDEC Vegetable Training Seminar, Bonbon, Cagayan de Oro City Philippines, March 12, 2003 ). URL [Visita: 13.08.2010]Wikipedia article for night soil.