Waste Management

According to WHO, poor waste disposal practices are responsible for a significant proportion of the world's infectious disease burden. In many areas, municipal sewage is often mixed with industrial waste and in some regions very little wastewater receives treatment before it is discharged into the environment. Resources available in this sub-theme include assessment reports of wastewater treatment plants, national strategies for sewage disposal, among other resources that support sustainable waste management.

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Waste Management Resources

Latrine Construction Workshop for Health Workers in El Rahad, North Kordofan, Republic of Sudan

Published: 
April 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
At the request of the USAID Mission in Sudan, the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project sent a two-person team to North Kordofan from January to February 1986 to assist the Regional Ministry of Health and Rural Health Support Project (RHSP) in conducting two workshops for ministry staff...Read more
Regional focus: 
SudanSub-Saharan Africa

Central African Republic Identification and Formulation of Water Supply and Sanitation Projects

Published: 
December 1, 1985
U.S. Agency for International Development
The findings of this report identify that the Government of the Central African Republic should: negotiate new NGO subprojects as turnkey subprojects to be implemented under governmental guidelines, execute the most urgent subprojects as soon as possible, continue to define priority action zones,...Read more
Regional focus: 
Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa

A Workshop Design for Latrine Construction

Published: 
June 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this training workshop is to provide participants with the needed skills and knowledge for assisting rural communities to organize and implement sanitary waste disposal projects and maintain sanitation facilities. This workshop is for participants who work with rural communities to...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Guidelines for Human Resource Development Planning in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector

Published: 
October 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Only 22% of rural populations have access to reasonably safe water and 15% to sanitary excreta facilities. 77% of the urban population have access to piped water and 75% to sanitary excreta facilities. The UN Water Conference recommended national development policies and plans where appropriate to...Read more

Gedaref Water Supply and Solid Waste Disposal Feasibility Study - Sudan

Published: 
January 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Water supply problems in the Gedaref area of Sudan were found to be complex and serious due to the water source situation and the extensive nature of its service area. One high lift water pump transmitted treated river water to over Z00,000 people through a single transmission line of 68.4...Read more
Regional focus: 
SudanSub-Saharan Africa

Environmental Sanitation and Protection Project

Published: 
January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates project to test options for improving environmental sanitation in Botswana. Evaluation covers the period 1/80-12/81 and is based on document review, onsite interviews with project functionaries and beneficiaries, and field visits. The project has not progressed as planned. Due to poor...Read more
Regional focus: 
BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa

Means of Disease Transmission

Published: 
January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Water- and sanitation-related diseases are major causes of illness and death among people in both rural and urban areas in many developing countries. This technical note describes what causes these diseases, how they are spread and the factors influencing their transmission. Methods for preventing...Read more

Operating and Maintaining Aqua Privies

Published: 
January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
An aqua privy is an underground watertight vault filled with water that receives excreta and wash water from a drop-pipe, allows solids to settle to the bottom, and discharges effluent to a soakage pit. Maintaining a aqua privy involves keeping the liquid level at the flow line, cleaning the slab...Read more

Operating a Solid Waste Collection System

Published: 
January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note describes how to operate and maintain three types of solid waste collection systems.Read more

Simple Methods of Washwater Disposal

Published: 
January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note describes three simple methods of wash water disposal: sump, soakage pit, and soakage trench.Read more

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