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This is the website of the Ministry of Energy and Water Development and provides critical links to other private and public institutes, arms of the government and related legislation concerning governing, water, sanitation and in some instances also hygiene.
This website contains links to download various Zambian laws, constitutions and acts from a wide range of sectors, including water, sanitation and human health.
This 5 pages description about retention ponds gives you an overview about the benefits of this technique.
KASCO MARINE (n.y): Retention Ponds. Prescott: Kasco Marine, Inc URL [Accessed: 31.05.2012]
This review looks at the policy environment for diarrhoea control in three African countries, in order to glean lessons learnt about what more we can do to address this problem. While solutions are available to prevent and treat diarrhoea, the political will and health prioritisation are still lacking to make these solutions widely available to those who need them most. To accelerate progress in cutting mortality from diarrhoea, global and national decision-makers need to take urgent action.
GILL, S. HAYES, J. COATES, S. (2012): DIARRHOEA DIALOGUES From Policies to Progress. A call for urgent action to prevent the biggest killer of children in sub-Saharan Africa. Teddington and Washington, D.C.: Tearfund and Path URL [Accessed: 30.05.2012]
This presentation gives you an overview about sustainable sanitation and its benefits.
ROSEMARIN, A. (2012): Sanitation Systems and their Functionality in Health Protection. Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) URL [Accessed: 30.05.2012]This video is designed to provide assistance in shock chlorinating wells. It provides step-by-step instructions for disinfecting a private well including the connected distribution system commonly installed in many industrialised countries.
The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) publishes case studies of sustainable sanitation projects from around the world to demonstrate the wide range of available technologies for sustainable sanitation systems. This case study book only comprises those project examples which are from sub-Saharan African countries. These case studies are useful for decision makers, planners, researchers, engineers and the interested public. They have compiled descriptions of well-running projects as well as of less successful projects so that we can learn from past mistakes.
INGLE, R. MUENCH, E. von (2011): Compilation of 27 Case Studies on Sustainable Sanitation Projects from Sub-Sahara Africa. Eschborn: Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) URL [Accessed: 29.05.2012]
This guidebook developed specifically to Monwabisi Park, South Africa, this book can be used as a guideline for stormwater management in other informal settlements with similar physical and social conditions.
BUTTON, K. JEYARAJ, E. MA, R. MUNIZ, E. (2010): Stormwater Management in Monwabisi Park. C-Section Worcester: Worcester Polytechnic Institute URL [Accessed: 25.05.2012]The 2010 stormwater management team of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute is focusing on a road of Monwabisi Park to develop methods of how to effectively and efficiently redirect the water to limit the amount of flooding experienced by the residents living alongside the road.
Pictures about the reality of manual pit emptying in Kenya.
This module pays special attention to the haulage, treatment and reuse or disposal of faecal sludge. It covers both technical and non-technical (socio-cultural, economic, political etc.) aspects and provides practical information on design, financing and planning of faecal sludge treatment plants.
EAWAG/SANDEC (2008): Faecal Sludge Management. Lecture Notes. (= Sandec Training Tool 1.0, Module 5 ). Duebendorf: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science (EAWAG), Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDEC) URL [Accessed: 23.05.2012]
A presentation about faecal sludge management in developing countries.
EAWAG ; SANDEC (2008): Faecal Sludge Management. Pdf Presentation. (= Sandec Training Tool 1.0, Module 5 ). Duebendorf: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science (Eawag), Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (Sandec) URL [Accessed: 23.05.2012]
This book contains information on environmental health aspects of water and sanitation. It contains a definition of environmental health, describes various water-related diseases and also hygiene approaches. There is also a related PowerPoint to this document.
EAWAG ; SANDEC (2008): Environmental Health. Lecture notes. (= Sandec Training Tool 1.0, Module 2 ). Duebendorf: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science (EAWAG), Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDEC) URL [Accessed: 23.05.2012]