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.
The long-term vision of this project is to provide on-site technical assistance to Honduran communities who currently possess wastewater treatment infrastructure. It aims to mobilise the technical knowledge in order to rehabilitate and optimise existing systems.
MIKELONIS, A. (2008): A Proposal to Implement a Circuit Rider Program in Honduras. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) URL [Accessed: 09.02.2011]
This issue of the “Down to Earth” magazine dedicates its entire cover story to the issue of dwindling phosphorus resources, the geopolitical effects of this crisis, and the negative environmental effects of nitrogen wastage.
CSE (2004): At war with two elements. Cover Story of the Down to Earth Magazine. New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment CSE URL [Accessed: 04.02.2011]
This magazine article tells the story of (P)ee, in which phosphorus, a substance present in every living cell, is being used up and flushed away. It explains the phosphorus crisis in a simple way, so it can be understood by anyone.
BURNS (2010): The storyof P(ee). In: Miller-McCune Magazine: URL [Accessed: 04.02.2011]
This paper shows how cesspits contaminate the groundwater in the Palestinian West Bank Territories.
GHANEM, M. (n.y): Qualitative Water Demand Management For Rural Communities. Ramallah: Birzeit University URL [Accessed: 02.02.2011]
In line with the overall SuSanA objectives, this document should contribute to the work surrounding the MDGs by outlining a number of pathways, or stepping-stones, towards more sustainable practices in sanitation. It draws on the work of SuSanA’s thematic working groups and attempts to act as a bridge between the principles and theory of sustainable sanitation (Vision Document) and eventual recommendations for concrete action plans.
SUSANA (2011): Pathways for Sustainable Sanitation. (= SuSanA Factsheet ). Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) URL [Accessed: 01.02.2011]
The aims of this factsheet are to introduce possible concepts of O&M for sustainable sanitation systems and to show successful implemented examples for O&M. The target group for this fact sheet consists of sanitation practitioners, researchers and policy makers, as well as of development practitioners who are less familiar with the topic of O&M of sanitation systems.
SUSANA (2010): Operation and Maintenance of Sustainable Sanitation Systems (Draft). (= SusanA Factsheet ). Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) URL [Accessed: 01.02.2011]
In the village of Haran Al-Awamied a gravity sewer system already existed and waste water was collected for irrigation without any treatment. GTZ and MHC (Syrian Ministry of Housing and Construction) initiated a project for a new ecological treatment plant (settling tank and a vertical flow CW).
MOHAMED, A. KLINGEL, F. BRACKEN, P. WERNER, C. (2009): Effluent reuse from constructed wetland system Haran Al-Awamied, Syria. (= SuSanA - Case Studies ). Eschborn: Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) URL [Accessed: 26.01.2011]
These manuals were originally written as chapters for a book which is still being researched and compiled. In order to make the valuable information available for others to use and adapt, the chapters have been converted into manuals which can be used separately if required.
MORGAN, P. SHANGWA, A. (2010): Teaching Ecological Sanitation in Schools. A compilation of manuals and fact sheets - Part 1 - 3. URL [Accessed: 25.01.2011]
This document integrates Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practices into HIV care. It draws on experiences from the USAID-funded Hygiene Improvement Project (USAID/HIP) . It contains guidance on implementing priority WASH practices, including WASH in global and national HIV/AIDS policy and guidance, and integrating WASH–HIV programmes.
BERY, R. ROSENBAUM, J. (2010): How to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into HIV programmes. Geneva: Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization (WHO) URL [Accessed: 25.01.2011]On this official website of the U.S Geological Survey are numbers of supply-demand and end-use statistics prepared. Scroll down to see the concerning numbers of phosphorus which sees already a decline.
Another online article about peak phosphorus written by Foreign Policy. It focuses on possible consequences of the phosphorus shortage and warns of future riots and famines because of lacking food.
Short PDF presentation about faecal sludge management (FSM) in Ghana. It involves the FSM chain, the costs to households, Stakeholder interactions and the role of the public sector.
SCOTT, R. BOOT, N. (2008): Faecal Sludge Management in Accra, Ghana: Problems Facing Urban Provision. Loughborough: Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) URL [Accessed: 24.01.2011]