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

Guides to the Design of Water Treatment Plants

Published: 
August 19, 1960
U.S. Agency for International Development
Guides to the design of water treatment plants. The design of water works involves the consideration of many engineering details in the light of specific local conditions. Details of design, therefore, cannot be standardized in any fixed pattern which would eliminate the necessity for the engineer...Read more

Rural Water Supply -- The Woman's Role

U.S. Agency for International Development
Before 1972 where the main attention was paid to technological aspects, the quality of water was considered the most important factor based on the assumption that better water quality would result in an improved state of health. The advantages resulting from an improved access to a more reliable...Read more

Social Soundness Analysis: Upper Volta Village Water Supply Design Project

U.S. Agency for International Development
It is the purpose of this annex to delineate within the social analysis format, those issues that are of paramount importance to the successful implementation of the project including: the socio-economic and political structure of the region as related to successful project design; correct...Read more
Regional focus: 
Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa

Sanitation Marketing: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Enterprise Development (Watershed) Project - Cambodia

U.S. Agency for International Development
One pager on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development (WaterSHED) Project in Cambodia.Read more
Regional focus: 
CambodiaEast Asia and Pacific

Health, Prosperity and Sustainability

The National Institutes for Water Resources
The Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition is an alliance of organizations that share a common vision for a healthy, green Ontario where the environmental, social and economic benefits of green infrastructure are fully realized.Read more
Regional focus: 
Canada

Thrust: First Annual Report

U.S. Agency for International Development
The seismic sea wave, or tsunami, has been one of the most destructive natural hazards within the Pacific Basin. Mitigation procedures are especially vital to these coastal populations in areas close to the source of the tsunami. Developing countries, with minimal or no regional warning systems,...Read more
Regional focus: 
ChileLatin America and the Caribbean

Status. of Aid Type Hand pump in the Dominican Republic

U.S. Agency for International Development
The USAID/Washington through its Office of Health requested the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project to provide technical assistance for the USAID Mission to the Dominican Republic and the State Secretariate for Public Health and Social Assistance (SESPAS). This technical as assistance...Read more
Regional focus: 
Dominican RepublicLatin America and the Caribbean

Water and Wastewater Sector Strategy Paper

U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper constitutes a first look at the options available to AID in its relationship with the Government of Egypt and in the management of an unprecedented program in wastewater in Cairo, Alexandria and the Canal Cities.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

WASH At Scale: Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP) - Ethiopia

U.S. Agency for International Development
Hygiene in Practice (HIP) employed an at-scale approach in Ethiopia's Amhara Region, predicated upon the principle of multiples. The project promoted improved hygiene behavior by working on multiple levels, engaging multiple players, and stressing multiple behaviors through multiple...Read more
Regional focus: 
EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa

Real Impact: Ethiopia Hygiene Improvement Project

U.S. Agency for International Development
Hygiene in Practice (HIP) employed an at-scale approach in Ethiopia's Amhara Region, predicated upon the principle of multiples. The project promoted improved hygiene behavior by working on multiple levels, engaging multiple players, and stressing multiple behaviors through multiple...Read more
Regional focus: 
EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa

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