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.
This paper explains how to use water more efficiently in commercial, industrial and institutional facilities.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (2009): Water Efficiency Manual. North Carolina: Department of Environment and Natural Resources. URL [Accessed: 07.05.2019]
This paper offers an assessment of the social impact of treadle pump technology for manual irrigation in eastern India, the Nepal Terai, and Bangladesh, South Asia’s so-called “poverty square.” This region where 500 million of the world's poorest people live is underlain by one of the world’s best groundwater resources. Treadle pump technology can be a powerful tool for poverty reduction in this region. It “self-selects” the poor and it puts to productive use the region’s vast surplus family labor. It is claimed that the treadle pump could raise the annual net household income by US$100, on the average.
SHAH, T. ALAM, M. DINESH KUMAR, M. NAGAR, R.K. SINGH, M. (2000): Pedaling out of Poverty: Social Impact of a Manual Irrigation Technology in South Asia. (= Research Report , 45 ). Battaramulla: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) URL [Accessed: 07.05.2019]Water for irrigation: different irrigation techniques and tips for using water for irrigation
This book is written for practitioners, researchers and graduate students in environmental and public health, sanitary and agricultural engineering, and wastewater irrigation management in developing countries. In particular, it should be useful for all those working to assess and mitigate health risks from the use of wastewater and faecal sludge in agriculture, under conditions where wastewater treatment is absent or inadequate to safeguard public health. In this respect, the book builds on and complements the international Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater published in 2006 by the World Health Organization in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme.
DRECHSEL, P. ; SCOTT, C.A. ; RASCHID-SALLY, L. ; REDWOOD, M. ; BAHRI, A. (2010): Wastewater Irrigation and Health. Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Low-Income Countries. London: Earthscan URL [Accessed: 07.05.2019]
This manual features comprehensive parts lists and instructions for assembling low-cost drip irrigation systems.
IDE (n.y): Technical Manual for Ideal Micro Irrigation Systems. Golden: International Development Enterprises URL [Accessed: 07.05.2019]
This report summarises the results of four years of research on three existing dam and rice field sites: Sélingué in Mali, Bagré in Burkina Faso and Anambé in Senegal. The aim of these micro and macro-economic studies was to analyse the financial and economic viability of water infrastructure projects and opportunities for improving the living conditions of smallholder farmers after the construction of dams.
BAZIN, F. et al. (2017): Irrigation, Food Security and Poverty – Lessons from three large Dams in West Africa. Global Water Initiative (GWI) URL [Accessed: 07.05.2019] PDFThis website from the Australian government provides information regarding greywater reuse systems, reuse possibilities, and treatment systems at the household level.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (2005): Wastewater Re-Use. Canberra Act: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019]
This paper gives an overview about the water use in Industry of the past years and makes a projection of future uses. Furthermore, the paper gives advices how to save water in the future.
GROBICKI, A. (n.y): The Future of Water Use in Industry. Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health. Geneva: World Health Organization URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019]Example - This site by the city of Longmont describes prohibitions for storm drain discharges directly to the river without treatment.
This paper gives an overview of the water use on household level in Colorado. Furthermore, the document contains some water saving advices.
WASKOM, R. NEIBAUER, M. (2014): Water Conservation In and Around the Home. Colorado: Colorado State University. Fact Sheet No. 9.952. Consumer Series/Housing URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019]
The information in this simple booklet has been accumulated over many years by the writer The school is perhaps the very best place with a special focus on promoting the importance of hand washing and teaching the simplest methods of making hand washers at schools.
MORGAN, P. (2011): Hand Washing Devices. How to Make and Use. Zimbabwe: Aquamor Pvt Ltd. URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019]
The focus of this book is efficient water use in urban and domestic environments and the context is decision making about sustainable development of human settlements.
UNEP (2008): Every drop counts. Environmental sound technologies for urban and domestic water use efficiency. Osaka: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019]
This publication analyses the question whether water safety approaches can be implemented with the involvement of schools, and whether the approach can be used in order to mobilize the community for minimizing water related health risks. It describes the results and experiences from a case study in Romania, draws conclusions from this and discusses future perspectives of WSP.
SAMWEL, M. JORRITSMA, F. RADU, O. (2006): Lessons from Water Safety Plans for small-scale water supply systems as developed by schools in Romania. Utrecht, Annemasse Cedex, Munich: Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019]
This toolkit includes tools and resources to help hygiene advocates ensure that handwashing with soap is recognized as critical to health and development. It is designed to help users develop the ideas, tools, and messages to advocate to specific audiences to take action to promote and facilitate handwashing, to integrate handwashing messaging into existing advocacy campaigns and messages, and to engage others to advocate for handwashing.
GHP (2018): Clean Hands for All: A toolkit for Hygiene Advocacy. Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP) URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019] PDF
Practical advice for starting a nationwide hand washing promotion campaign. Covers everything from financing the campaign to understanding the motivations of users.
WORLD BANK (2005): Hand washing Handbook: A guide to developing hygiene promotion program to increase hand washing with soap. Washington D.C.: World Bank URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019]
The future of any business depends on the sustainability of water resources, which are increasingly under pressure. At the same time, consumer awareness and investors' increased scrutiny of corporate water risks have resulted in stronger expectations that companies should reveal their ‘water performance'. To respond effectively, the business community needs guidance, tools, standards and schemes to enable change to more sustainable practices. This is what this publication aims at providing.
WBCSD (2009): Water for Business. Initiatives guiding sustainable water management in the private sector. Geneva: WBDSC and IUCN URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019]
Academic discussion of the planned industrial symbiosis activities in Rotterdam Harbor around waste heat reuse and the unplanned industrial symbiosis and biogas activities in the forest industry of Oestergoetland, Sweden.
BAAS, L. (2011): Planning and Uncovering Industrial Symbiosis. Comparing the Rotterdam and Oestergoetland regions. In: Business Strategy & Environment, Special issue Industrial Ecology: Volume 20 , 428-440. URL [Accessed: 06.05.2019]