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The Design of Pour-Flush Latrines

The technical note was produced as a joint United Nations Development Programme and World Bank contribution to the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade. It sets out guidelines for the design of pour-flush latrines, based upon TAG's (Technology Advisory Group) experience in India, Brazil and elsewhere. These guidelines have been written especially for use in developing countries. Consequently, emphasis has been placed on achieving simplicity of design consistent with reliability of operation.

MARA, D.D. (1985): The Design of Pour-Flush Latrines. (= TAG Technical Note No. 15 ). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and World Bank URL [Accessed: 02.08.2010]
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This video explains that artificial fertilizer is a resource as limited as oil, and that we all produce a fertilizer every day that could replace it: urine.

Eco-Sanitation from waste to resource

A PDF presentation describing the sanitation approach (rainwater harvesting, twin-pit pour-flush toilets, ecosan toilets) in Karnataka, India.

UNKNOWN (n.y): Eco-Sanitation from waste to resource. URL [Accessed: 02.08.2010]
Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19-22 June, 1946
WHO (1948): Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19-22 June, 1946. Signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization, no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on 7 April 1948. Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) URL [Accessed: 02.08.2010]
Sanitation & Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment

This booklet is a chapter from “A Community Guide to Environmental Health”. It offers basic information and learning activities to help communities understand and prevent sanitation-related health problems. The booklet includes instructions for building several kinds of latrines, as well as ecological sanitation solutions.

HESPERIAN FOUNDATION (2004): Sanitation & Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment. The Hesperian Foundation in Collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) URL [Accessed: 01.08.2010]
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http://www.netssaftutorial.com/Products-expected-outcomes-an.527.0.html [Accessed: 29.07.2010]

This site of the NETSSAF tutorial contains various documents related to the process of describing the settlement conditions in your project area. These documents can support you in your planning process and act as examples and case studies. This website contains the following documents a) A check-list of water and sanitation services conditions b) A check-list of the demographic and cultural, economic and financial, institutional and health aspects c) A check-list of the climatic and soil characteristic d) Further Readings about assessment of current status e) Guidelines for carrying out an assessment of current status f) Review of the existing participatory sanitation planning g )Materials to prepare your team for community field work and community mapping.