Library

MONTEMAYOR, C.A. (2005): Possibilities for Public Water in Manila. In: BALANYA, B. ; BRENNAN, B. ; HOEDEMAN, O. ; KISHIMOTO, S. (2005): Reclaiming Public Water. Achievements, Struggles and Visions from Around the World. Amsterdam: 213-225. URL [Accessed: 11.01.2010]

This case study describes the successful example of public water operation in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

HALL, D. LOBINA, E. VIERO, O.M. MALTZ, H. (2002): Water in Porto Alegre, Brazil – Accountable, Effective, Sustainable and Democratic. Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) and Municipal Department of Water and Sanitary Sewage (DMAE) URL [Accessed: 11.01.2010]

WSP (2003): Gap of Responsibilities. URL [Accessed: 11.01.2010]

HALL, D. (2005): Introduction. In: BALANYA, B. ; BRENNAN, B. ; HOEDEMAN, O. ; KISHIMOTO, S. (2005): Reclaiming Public Water. Achievements, Struggles and Visions from Around the World. Amsterdam: . URL [Accessed: 11.01.2010]

This case study describes the successful example of public water operation in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

VIERO, O. (2003): Water Supply and Sanitation in Porto Alegre/Brazil. Porto Alegre: Water and Sanitation Municipal Department (DMAE). [Accessed: 11.01.2010]

This publication describes how public-public partnerships in the water sector can be a valid method to improve efficiency, accountability and service quality. Most of the water utilities worldwide are public – i.e., also most of the skills and knowledge is public. Utilities can thus complement lacking competences of one another and thus improve service quality.

HALL, D. LOBINA, E. CORRAL, V. HOEDEMAN, O. TERHORST, P. PIGEON, M. KISHIMOTO, S. (2009): Public Public Partnerships (PUPs) in Water. Public Services International (PSI), Transnational Institute (TNI) and Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) URL [Accessed: 11.01.2010]

http://www.transparency.org/ [Accessed: 07.01.2010]

Transparency International is a global civil society organisation, which is very important in the fight against corruption. The website contains a lot of information and download material on corruption.

In this case information sheet, the corruption prevention strategies of the Berlin water utility are summarised.

WIN (2009): Berlin, Germany: Corruption Prevention Strategies of the Berlin Water Utility. Berlin: Water Integrity Network URL [Accessed: 07.01.2010]

This Transparency International toolkit is about the fight on corruption. It is a compendium of practical civil society anti-corruption experiences described in concrete and accessible language. It presents innovative anti-corruption tools developed and implemented by Transparency International National Chapters and other civil society organisations from around the world.

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (2002): Corruption Fighters Toolkit. Civil Society Experiences and Emerging Strategies. Berlin: Transparency International URL [Accessed: 07.01.2010]

PLUMMER, J. (2008): Water and corruption: a destructive partnership. In: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (2008): Global Corruption Report 2008. Corruption in the Water Sector. New York: . URL [Accessed: 07.01.2010]

http://www.watergovernance.org/resources/makingchanges [Accessed: 07.01.2010]

This website contains some documents about corruption in the water sector.

http://search.kit.nl/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta.exe?v:project=kit-portal-RDLG&query=corruption [Accessed: 07.01.2010]

On this webpage, which belongs to the Koninklijk Institute voor de Tropen, many publications about corruption and related topics can be found and downloaded.

This report contains a lot of relevant information on corruption in the water sector. It includes background knowledge about the water sector problem and corruption, it provides information the fight against it, as well as country reports from all continents.

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (2008): Global Corruption Report 2008. Corruption in the Water Sector. New York: Cambridge University Press URL [Accessed: 07.01.2010]

http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/244-arsenic-poisoning-and-the-kanchan-arsenic-filter [Accessed: 04.01.2010]

Video produced by Global Water Trust (2008), showing arsenic scenarios and the implementation of KanchanTM Arsenic Filter.

http://web.mit.edu/watsan/ [Accessed: 04.01.2010]

This weblink provides information on WATSAN and researches on Household water treatment technologies including KanchanTM Arsenic Filter by MIT.

Article about urbanization in India and the impact on GDP.

IGOVERNMENT (2008): Urban India to Contribute 70% of GDP by 2011. New Delhi: IGovernment URL [Accessed: 12.12.2009]

http://www.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arborloo-en.svg [Accessed: 20.11.2009]

Easy to understand poster on the functionality of an arborloo toilet (English).

This well assorted document gives you a great overview about the Integrated Fixed Film/ Activated Sludge (IFAS) Technology.

BRENTWOOD (2009): Integrated Fixed Film/ Activated Sludge (IFAS) Technology. Reading: Brentwood Industries, Inc. [Accessed: 16.04.2019] PDF

Critical article on the conventional flush-and-forget toilet systems on the occasion of the World Toilet Summit and Expo in Macau.

DUNCAN, D. (2008): Is it Time to kill off the Flush Toilet?. In: TIME.com: URL [Accessed: 10.08.2008]

http://www.akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Anaerobic_Filter [Accessed: 18.02.2008]

Factsheet on anaerobic filters based on the Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies (TILLEY et al. 2008).