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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.

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Water for the World: Constructing Compost Toilets

U.S. Agency for International Development
A compost toilet consists of a pair of waterproof vaults that receive excreta, ashes, sawdust, straw, and grass. Each vault is equipped with a slab for defecating, a rear opening for removing compost, and a hole for a vent pipe. This technical manual provides step-by-step instructions for...Read more
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United StatesNorth America

Water for the World: Designing a System of Two or Three Stabilization Ponds

U.S. Agency for International Development
A system of stabilization ponds is an arrangement of two or more ponds connected by pipes that receives sewage, detains it so that biological process can destroy most of the disease-causing organisms and discharges the effluent as treated sewage. This technical note describes the basic features of...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water for the World: Operating and Maintaining Septic Tanks

U.S. Agency for International Development
A septic tank is a self-operating unit for sewage treatment. The tank receives raw sewage from a building, allows solids to settle out, and discharges effluent to an underground (subsurface) absorption system for final disposal. This technical note describes how to measure scum and sludge depths to...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water for the World: Operating and Maintaining Privies

U.S. Agency for International Development
A privy consists of a pit to hold excreta, a slab with a squatting hole or a seat and pedestal, and a shelter to give the user privacy. Maintaining a privy involves cleaning the slab weekly, repairing the privy as needed, and eventually filling the pit with soil and moving the slab and shelter to a...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water for the World: Operating and Maintaining Mechanically Aerated Lagoons

U.S. Agency for International Development
A mechanically operated lagoon is a large, lined excavation that receives sewage, mixes it with oxygen so that biological processes can destroy most of the disease-causing organisms, and discharges the sewage as treated sewage. Correct operation and maintenance is important because a neglected...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water for the World: Operating and Maintaining Stabilization Ponds

U.S. Agency for International Development
A stabilization pond is a large shallow excavation that receives sewage from a sewage system, detains the sewage so that biological processes can destroy most of the disease-causing organisms, and discharges the effluent as treated sewage. Correct operation and maintenance is important because a...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water for the World: Constructing Sewer Systems

U.S. Agency for International Development
A sewer system is a network of underground pipes that carries sewage by gravity flow from a number of dwellings. This technical note describes the elements involved in constructing a sewer system.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water for the World: Designing Sewer Systems

U.S. Agency for International Development
A sewer system is a network of underground pipes that carries sewage by gravity flow from a number of dwellings. This technical note describes the elements involved in designing a sewer system. It does not attempt to explain everything needed to design a sewer system.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water for the World: Operating and Maintaining Sewer Systems

U.S. Agency for International Development
A sewer system is a self-operating network of underground pipes that carries sewage by gravity flow from a number of dwellings. It flows to a stabilization pond or other central treatment facility. This technical note describes the elements involved in maintaining a sewer system.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Case Study: Supporting Market-Based Solutions for Safe and Affordable Water in India

Foundation Center
Through a three-year $3.5 million partnership with Safe Water Network (SWN), The PepsiCo Foundation provides market-based approaches and technical support for safe and affordable water access to communities in Ghana, India, and Bangladesh. As part of the initiative, SWN and PepsiCo Foundation are...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

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