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.
Technical characteristics and dimensions for designing a gravity sewer system (based on the example of the Hilton Head Island).
HHPSD (2000): Section IX: Gravity Sanitary Sewer System. Design Guidelines. In: HHPSD (2000): Administrative Procedures and Guidelines for Water and Sanitary Sewer System Desig. . URL [Accessed: 10.08.2010]Homepage of a Swedish urine diversion flush toilet supplier.
Novaquatis – a cross-cutting Eawag research project was concerned with urine source separation as a new element in wastewater management.
This document explains what a problem analysis tree is, in which situations you can use it and how to conduct this kind of analysis. It also contains concrete case studies of problem trees.
MDF (2005): MDF Tool: Problem Tree Analysis. Ede: MDF Training and Consultancy URL [Accessed: 10.08.2010]This webpage summarises several sewer system construction elements and contains a description on gravity sewer system characteristics.
This document is concerned about the water consumption on household level and gives some water conversation advices.
SDWF (n.y): WATER CONSUMPTION. What is water consumption?. Saskatoon: SDWF URL [Accessed: 09.08.2010]Wikipedia article on lactic acid fermentation.
This FAO document explains why agricultural water productivity is crucial for the global water challenge. Furthermore, it contains information on how to improve irrigation water management.
FAO (2003): Unlocking the water potential of agriculture. Rom: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) URL [Accessed: 09.08.2010]Wikipedia article about internal combustion
The Pipeline Newsletter was formerly edited by the National Small Flows Clearinghouse (NSFC) and is now edited by the National Environmental Service Center based at the West Virginia University (USA). Popular with small community officials, citizens, maintenance and inspection personnel, and community educators, each quarterly issue of Pipeline focuses on a single wastewater topic and presents it in an easy-to-read format. This issues deals with on-site treating of commercialy generated wastewater, as well as treating non-residential wastewater to an acceptable level.
NSFC (2003): High Strength Flows - Not your Average Wastewater. (= Pipeline , 3 / 14 ). Morgantown: National Small Flows Clearinghouse URL [Accessed: 09.08.2010]The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development. There is also a section on water.
Definition of field capacity
An eight-page factsheet on the reuse of wastewater and sludge in willow plantations, also presenting some case sties from Europe.
AGROBRAENSLE ; SWEDISH ENERGY AGENCY ; SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ; SWECO VIAK (2000): Recycling of wastewater and sludge in Salix Plantations. Sustainable and profitable use of waste resources and farmland in Europe for production of biofuels. URL [Accessed: 09.08.2010]
This report describes conversation agriculture techniques with their effects and potentials in Uzbekistan.
NURBEKOV, A. (2008): Manual on Conservation Agriculture Practices in Uzbekistan. Rom: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) URL [Accessed: 09.08.2010]
The summary of this doctoral thesis by Ioannis Dimitriou analyses the performance and sustainability of short rotation plantations treated with municipal and industrial wastes and contains the results of several scientific papers.
DIMITRIOU, I. (2005): Performance and Sustainability of Short-Rotation Energy Crops Treated with Municipal and Industrial Residues. (= Doctoral Thesis ). Uppsala: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences URL [Accessed: 09.08.2010]This online collection of graphs illustrates water use and management in the different sectors, including agriculture. ONLY ONLINE
UNEP (2002): Vital Water Graphics. Water use and management. Nairobi: UNEP URL [Accessed: 09.08.2010]Definition of Kilowatt-electric
On this homepage you can find some examples of posters that are not as professional as the ones from the Wash-Campaign of the WSSCC. They can help get an idea of what posters can be like.