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.

Waste Management Resources

Technical Recommendations for Wastewater Treatment Demonstration (Pilot) Plants for Lebanon

Publication date:
March 25, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
An Environmental Sanitation Project has been undertaken jointly by the Lebanese government's Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDI), the Lebanese Ministry of Health (MOH) and the American University of Beirut (AUB) with financial assistance from U.S. AID for building two (2)...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa

Preliminary Design Report: Wastewater Treatment Facilities; Irbid Municipal Water Distribution, Sewerage, Storm Drainage and Solid Waste Disposal Project

Publication date:
November 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
This is a preliminary design report on a wastewater treatment facilities and disposal project. This preliminary design report culminates the first step of the design process. The report sets forth the design criteria, provides a description of the wastewater treatment and sludge handling processes...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Jordan
Middle East and North Africa

Appropriate Methods of Treating Water and Wastewater in Developing Countries

Publication date:
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
This volume concerns the proper site-specific selection of appropriate technology for water treatment and waste disposal systems in cities and towns of LDC's. Many water projects have not worked when direct technology transfers have resulted in the selection of treatment processes too...Read more

Contributions to a Mail Survey on Practical Solutions in Drinking Water Supply and Wastes Disposal for Developing Countries

Publication date:
February 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
THIS MAIL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COLLECTION OF FIELD EXPERIENCE AND UNPUBLISHED DATA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS IN DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND WASTES DISPOSAL IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A NEED WAS FELT FOR A COMPILATION OF INFORMATION OF ALTERNATIVE...Read more

Health and Nutrition Benefits--Improving Water Supplies

Publication date:
August 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
Field study focuses on the crucial importance of improved water supply as a means to control diarrheal disease. The study approach is broad in that it recognizes that contaminated water is not the sole factor in diarrheal disease. Other factors, particularly cultural habits of hygiene and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean

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