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 website is a good source training materials of all kinds related to water and sanitation. Includes water testing programs, rainwater catching systems manual and educational activities for children and youth.
The National Sanitation Draft White Paper includes a chapter about institutional and organisational framework for sanitation. On this site, you can find detailed information on how to build such a framework, including stakeholders and responsibilities, financial and economic approaches etc. Only available online.
DWAF (1995): National Sanitation Draft White Paper. Republic of South Africa: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry URL [Accessed: 28.07.2010]The official website of the Department of Water Affairs of the Republic of South Africa presents a lot of water related projects and a library of documents.
The Water Research Commission website gives a lot of information about water and wastewater treatment.
The Toolbox of the Global Water Partnership offers a lot of information on institutional roles in the water sector. It offers two main informational sectors in this topic, one sector for creating an organisational framework and one for building institutional capacity.
This document includes a list of the key principles in forming an institutional framework, as well as some graphs to show the roles and responsibilities for such a framework. It is good for getting an overview on the approach.
KASRILS, R. (2003): Strategic Framework for Water Services. Water is life, sanitation is dignity. Republic of South Africa: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry URL [Accessed: 28.07.2010]Meeting report of a roundtable discussion on private sector participation in urban water supply in India (Bangalore, June 2005), leading to action plans in five regions to bring continuous supply systems to cities.
Methodology and results of a survey in Dehra Dun (India) regarding intermittent water supply. It also presents a feasibility study of various available options to improve the water supply quality, adjust the costs and make the supply available 24x7.
CHOE, K. VARLEY, R.C.G. BIILANI, H.U. (1996): Coping with Intermittent Water Supply: Problems and Prospects. Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh, India . Arlington: Environmental Health Project (EHP), Activity Report No. 26 URL [Accessed: 27.07.2010]
Case study assessing the drivers and barriers for scaling-up the use of urine and faeces as an alternative fertilizer in urban agriculture in Accra.
TETTEY-LOWOR, F. (n.y): Closing the Loop between Sanitation and Agriculture in Accra, Ghana. (= Master Thesis ). Wageningen: Wageningen University URL [Accessed: 27.07.2010]
This opinion contribution from Rose George published in the New York Times emphasises the enormous potential urine as a sustainable fertiliser source.
GEORGE, R. (2009): Yellow is the new Green. In: The New Your Times: , 27. URL [Accessed: 27.07.2010]InsightShare is an organisation specialized in the use of participatory video as a tool for individuals and groups to grow in self-confidence and trust, and to build skills to act for change. Their homepage includes a lot of resource material on the topic as well as some video examples.
On this webpage you can find a selection of short case studies from various participatory video projects undertaken by InsightShare over the years.
Short summary of a PhD on the evaluation of microbial health risks associated with the reuse of source-separated human urine and main conclusions.
SCHOENNING, C. (2002): Evaluation of Microbial Health Risks associated with the reuse of source-separated human urine. Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute EcoSanRes Programme URL [Accessed: 27.07.2010]
This PhD assess with different methods to assess the fate of pathogens in human urine depending on pH, temperature and time. Based on a quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA), the risks for bacterial and protozoan infections related to handling and reuse of urine were calculated and recommendation for storage and reuse, which are dependent on the type of crop to be fertilised, are given.
HOEGLUND, C. (2001): Evaluation of microbial health risks associated with the reuse of source-separated human urine. PhD Thesis. (= PhD Thesis ). Stockholm: Royal Institute of Technology URL [Accessed: 27.07.2010]
This report of Stockholm environment institute (SEI) presents the current state-of-the-art (2006) of urine-diverting systems, focusing on the Swedish experience and what can be learned from that experience. The intention is to inspire decision- and policy-makers to consider urine diversion for sanitation interventions aimed at meeting the sanitation target of the Millennium Development Goals.
KVARNSTROEM, E. EMILSSON, K. RICHERT STINTZING A. JOHANSSON, M. JOENSSON, H. PETERSENS, E. SCHOENNING, C. CHRISTENSEN, J. HELLSTROEM, D. QVARNSTROEM, L. RIDDERSTOLPE, P. DRANGERT, J.O. (2006): Urine Diversion - One Step Towards Sustainable Sanitation. (= EcoSanRes Publication Series ). Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) URL [Accessed: 27.07.2010]
A diploma thesis assessing an intermittent water supply system in Al Koura, Jordan, and the development and calibration of a practical simulation model for the intermittent supply of water.
BATTERMAN, A. MACKE, S. (2001): A Strategy to Reduce Technical Water Losses for Intermittent Water Supply Systems. (= Diploma Thesis ). URL [Accessed: 26.07.2010]