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

Field Manual for Water Quality Sampling

Publication date:
July 1, 1996
The National Institutes for Water Resources
The overriding objective of this manual is to provide consistent field sampling protocols for the numerous agencies and individuals who require water quality information. However, it is not intended to replace any sampling plan. The Spanish-language version of this manual also is available to help...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Activity Report: Plan for CDS to Establish a Water and Sanitation District in Haiti

Publication date:
May 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
This project was designed to support the Centers pour le Development et la Sante in Haiti in establishing an autonomous organization capable of managing the UNDP-financed water supply system and providing environmental sanitation services with revenues from the sale of water. Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Haiti
Latin America and the Caribbean

Integrated Health, Water and Sanitatino Project: Beira and Chibabava District

Publication date:
April 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this project was to improve the health status of a selected peri-urban and rural population, through the provision of safe and portable water, and by community mobilization and education. This is the final evaluation for the project, which took place in Beira and Chibava Districts,...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Mozambique
Sub-Saharan Africa

National Strategy for Private Sector Participation in the Wastewater Sector in Tunisia: Final

Publication date:
April 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
The objective of this study is to define the parameters that should guide the transfer of responsibility for wastewater services. Based on the objectives identified by consensus during working group meetings in February 1995, the study was carried out with consistent reference to a number of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Tunisia
Middle East and North Africa

Sofala Province Integrated Health, Water and Sanitation Project: Final Report

Publication date:
January 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
Final report by Africare on a project (7/93-9/96) to reduce water-borne and other diarrheal diseases in selected peri-urban and rural populations in Beira and Chibabava District, Sofala Province, Mozambique. In 5/94, the WASH project, which had spearheaded the original project design, redirected...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Mozambique
Sub-Saharan Africa

Groundwater Markets in Pakistan: Participation and Productivity

Publication date:
January 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study is part of a multifaceted study of agricultural production and rural poverty in Pakistan. Water markets provide one of the most promising institutional mechanisms for increasing access to irrigation from groundwater, particularly for tenants and small farmers in South Asia. This...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Pakistan
South East Asia

Water Analysis: User - Friendly Field/Laboratory Manual

Publication date:
January 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
The process of water quality assessment is an evaluation of the physical, chemical and biological nature of water in relation to natural quality, human effects and intended uses, particularly uses which may affect human health and aquatic biodiversity. Therefore, quality assessment of water...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sri Lanka
South East Asia

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program: Chicualacuala, Chigubo, Guija, Mabalane and Massangena Districts, Gaza Province [Mozambique]: Final Report

Publication date:
December 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
World Relief's Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program (RWSSP) was a direct follow on from the 1992193 Emergency Water Supply lntervention on (EWSI) along the Limpopo Corridor in response to a continued severe shortage of water in the districts of northern Gaza It sought ultimately to...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Mozambique
Sub-Saharan Africa

Water And Sanitation Health Education Program Summary: Urgench and Beruniy, Uzbekistan

Publication date:
December 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
The direction of the Environmental Policy and Technology Project was initiated to provide assistance to the Central Asian Republics in fostering regional cooperation in the Aral Sea region. Assistance is administer under the auspices of USAID with a focus to provide: potable water and public health...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Uzbekistan

Analysis of Legal and Regulatory Constraints, Deficiencies and Omissions in Indonesia Regarding Private Public Partnerships in Water Supply, Waste Water and Solid Waste Urban Infrastructure

Publication date:
December 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper builds and expands upon the work contained in the Narrative Description of Indonesia Laws and Regulations on Public-Private Partnerships and Public Sector Participation in the Sectors of Water Supply, Wastewater and Solid Waste. Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Indonesia
East Asia and Pacific

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