Water, Sanitation, Hygiene

According to the Centers for Disease Control, global access to safe water, adequate sanitation, and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease, leading to improved health, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Resources available within this theme offer information on providing access to safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities, and introducing sound hygiene behaviors.

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Resources

Potable Water: Results of AID Workshop

Published: 
December 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Successful rural water supply projects should be planned within the framework of a national or regional plan or program. The mere existence of a plan with objectives and goals, however, is not by itself sufficient to give a reasonable prospect of success. It will also depend on who makes the plan...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Social Soundness Analysis of the Kasrah/Jarawan, Turaif and Sharqi-Kokab/El Hol Rural Water Supply Projects; Deir Ez-Zor and Hasakey Provinces, Syria

Published: 
October 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Compiles extensive background information on three proposed projects to supply relatively inexpensive potable water to three Syrian rural communities. The report profiles the three project target areas, detailing population, population growth rate, living conditions, current water use patterns,...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North Africa

Swaziland Rural Water Supplies: a Base-Line Study

Published: 
August 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
The objective of this study was to send a multidisciplinary team to Swaziland for a short period to obtain just the minimum basic information about the existing water supplies, their quality, location, role in household activities, organization aspects and so on, to enable an evaluation to be made...Read more
Regional focus: 
SwazilandSub-Saharan Africa

Socio-Economic Analysis of Impact of Water Projects on Schistosomiasis; Preliminary Report

Published: 
July 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Describes the progress made on socioeconomic study to analyze and control the incidence of schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by snails. The project seeks to help decision makers safeguard against the increased danger of schistosomiasis caused by large-scale water projects. In this...Read more
Regional focus: 
TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa

Socio-Economic Analysis of Impact of Water Projects on Schistosomiasis; Results of Cost-Effective Analysis

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Compares the cost-effectiveness of three strategies for controlling the incidence of schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by snails. The analysis was prepared from data obtained in a socioeconomic study of schistosomiasis conducted by A.I.D. in Tanzania, and utilizes the transmission...Read more
Regional focus: 
TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa

Socio-Economic Analysis of Impact of Water Projects on Schistosomiasis; Final Report

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Presents results of an inquiry into the effects of water projects on the transmission schistosomiasis. a parasitic disease, involving both human and snail hosts. The report describes the study's final stage, in which a previously developed schistosomiasis transmission model was tested using...Read more
Regional focus: 
TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa

Evaluation Plan for Rural Water Supply Projects

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Presents a system for evaluating rural water-supply projects. Stresses clarifying project design and identifying promising evaluation approaches. Though field work was conducted in Upper Volta, in Western Africa, the evaluation plan is designed to be generally applicable to rural water projects...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Fresh Water from the Sun: Family-Sized Solar Still Technology; a Review and Analysis

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Reports on the technical, practical, and economic aspects of solar distillation, with emphasis on family-sized solar stills. Report is intended to assist those working in LDC's in making decisions on use of solar distillation technology. The modern history of research in solar distillation is...Read more

Appropriate Methods of Treating Water and Wastewater in Developing Countries

Published: 
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

Evaluation of Rural Water Supply Project Using the Coconut Fiber/Burnt Rice Husks Filter (Frankel Filter) in the Bicol River Basin, Philippines

Published: 
April 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report describes the results of a six month monitoring program by the Bicol River Basin Development Program (BRBDP) covering the operation of three pilot coconut fiber/burnt rice husks filters (known as the Frankel Filter Project) in the barrios of Balagbag, Milaor; San Francisco (Bawa),...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

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