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

Preparing for Private Sector Participation in The Provision of Water Supply and Sanitation Services

Published: 
August 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
National and municipal governments in many developing countries are turning more and more to the private sector to supply the capital and management needed to expand services and extend infrastructure. These efforts have been more successful in the power, telecommunications, and transportation...Read more

Guidelines for Improving Wastewater and Solid Waste Management

Published: 
August 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Pollution from wastewater and solid waste is a significant problem for developing countries, especially in urban and peri-urban areas. Unfortunately, these countries lack the financial and institutional resources to manage waste through the combination of advanced technology and strict regulation...Read more

Water and Sanitation for Health and Ecuadorian Development

Published: 
July 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Midterm evaluation of a project to strengthen the capability of Ecuador's Institute of Sanitary Works (IEOS) to assist rural communities in eight provinces (Carchi, Imbabura, Pichincha, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Azuay, and El Oro) to: (1) install cost-effective, safe water supply...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

AID Grant No. 615-0236-G-00-3045-00 to Plan International USA to Increase Community Usership of Borehole Water and Encourage Sustainable Maintenance of The Boreholes in Kenya

Published: 
July 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the PVO Co-Financing Project to Plan International for a follow-on project to develop community-based water organizations at 120 borehole sites in Kenya. The 120 boreholes were drilled by PLAN during Phase I. to develop community water organizations that are capable of...Read more
Regional focus: 
KenyaSub-Saharan Africa

Evaluation of USAID/Ecuador - Water and Sanitation for Ecuadorian Health and Development (WASHED) Project

Published: 
March 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this evaluation is to review the progress of the WASHED Project and make recommendations for its continuation or termination by the date of 12-31-93 which is provided for in the Project agreement. This review must determine the degree of design adaptation; the degree of attainment...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Reconnaissance Report: Water Supply, Wastewater, and Water Management Issues -- Federation of Russia

Published: 
March 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The World Bank, or International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), planned and executed a broad Environmental Project Identification and Preparation Mission to Russia during October 1992, The IBRD officer In overall charge of this project was Mr. Roger Bafstone, Principal...Read more
Regional focus: 
RussiaEurope and Central Asia

Constraints in Providing Water and Sanitation Services to the Urban Poor

Published: 
March 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this report is to specify the key constraints that must be addressed for significant reform in the urban sector to occur. It is meant to be an informational tool, one that helps development planners understand and confront the problems that beset projects striving to bring water and...Read more

Water Quality Assessment in Ecuador

Published: 
February 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
As part of A.I.D.'s response to the El Tor cholera epidemic which arrived in Ecuador in 1991, a multidisciplinary team from the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project conducted a cholera assessment of the country. The team reviewed conditions at both the national level and in three...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Drought Relief Assistance to the Water Supply Task Force of the National Consultative Forum on the Drought (Republic of South Africa)

Published: 
February 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Southern Africa has been experiencing one of the worst droughts of the century. Due to an unusual shortfall of rain during late 1991 and early 1992, the Republic of South Africa held a National Drought Emergency Conference on June 13-14, 1992. The conference established a National Consultative...Read more
Regional focus: 
South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa

Project Assistance Completion Project Report: USAID/Guatemala: Water, Women and Health, CARE Water Supply Project 520-0336

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a grant (3/85-12/92) to CARE to improve health conditions for rural populations in Guatemala through the construction and maintenance of water systems (the project targeted women, the primary caretakers of water systems). The project was successful and encouraging. It met its targets in...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

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