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Water Operators' Partnerships in Asia  
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Water Operators'  Partnerships (WOPs) are peer support relationships between two or more water or sanitation operators, carried out on a not-for-profit basis in the objective of capacity development. This is one of a series of three impact-oriente...

Year: 2012, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Water Operators' Partnerships in Asia  
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Water Operators' Partnerships (WOPs) are peer support relationships between two or more water or sanitation operators, carried out on a not-for-profit basis in the objective of capacity development. This is one of a series of three impact-oriented...

Year: 2012, Number of pages: 32, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Proceedings of the Regional Stakeholders' Consultations for The Mekong Region Water and Sanitation Initiative (MEK-WATSAN)  
View Details The Mekong Region is now home to some 250 million people. Countries within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have witnessed rapid economic growth in recent years. The rapid growth has far outstripped the extension of basic services, such as water an...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 85, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Water and Sanitation in an Urbanising World - Brochure  
View Details This brochure is an overview of the Water and Sanitation trust fund and the reason behind its formation. It provides a summary of the projects and knowledge delivered by UN-HABITAT since 2003. It highlights the key conclusions of the evaluation on th...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Collection of Municipal Solid Waste  
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The collection of municipal solid waste is a public service that has important impacts on public health and the appearance of towns and cities. Unfortunately many urban administrations seem to be losing the battle of coping with the ever-increasin...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 38, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Reuse of Wastewater and Rain Water Harvesting  
View Details Water is a vital resource for sustainable development. Due to increasing demand linked to population growth, this resource is becoming scarce. The whole country is experiencing this scarcity and the situation is grave in several parts of India, inclu...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Community Participation in Solid Waste Management - In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India  
View Details Individual Health and hygiene is largely dependent on adequate availability of drinking water and proper sanitation. There is, therefore, a direct relationship between water, sanitation and health. Consumption of unsafe drinking water, improper dispo...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Addressing Arsenic Problem in Nepal  
View Details Access to safe drinking water is one of the key targets of the United Nations’ millennium development goals and is a crucial foundation for sustainable poverty reduction.
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Faecal Sludge Management - in The Kathmandu Valley  
View Details Pollution of water bodies, mainly the rivers of rapidly growing urban centres, in the developing world is a major environmental concern. Discharge of untreated sewage including faecal sludge generated from on-site sanitation systems, indiscriminate d...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Community Managed Sewerage Scheme in Gwalior  
View Details Individual Health and hygiene is largely dependent on adequate availability of drinking water and proper sanitation. There is, therefore, a direct relationship between water, sanitation and health. Consumption of unsafe drinking water, improper dispo...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
External Evaluation of UN-HABITAT's Water and Sanitation Trust Fund - Part 1: Synthesis Report  
View Details During the Water and Sanitation Trust Fund's Advisory Board meeting in 2010, the Government of Norway announced its intention to undertake an external evaluation of its support to the Trust Fund. Subsequently, the Governments of Norway, Spain and the...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 82, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Collection of Municipal Solid Waste in Developing Countries  
View Details This book is written for developing countries. Since it seeks to encourage the designing of waste collection systems based on local information, the approach is valid in any country. The main focus is on municipal solid waste, which is taken to inclu...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 196, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Improving water operator finances through better practices – experiences from East Africa  
View Details The Fast Track Capacity Building programme implemented by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in Uganda under UN-HABITAT’s ‘Water for African Cities’ programme demonstrates that an integrated programme of training and capacity building...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 3, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Annual Report 2009: Water and Sanitation Trust Fund  
View Details In response to an increasing emphasis of UN-HABITAT on documenting results rather than activities, an impact study on the activities supported by the Trust Fund was commissioned in the reporting year. Undertaking a comprehensive analysis of the Water...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 94, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
h2.0 Launch Flyer  
View Details A key weakness in the water and sanitation sector is absence of reliable data – data which can help our understanding of service provision for the poor and provide information to enable consumers, service providers, policy makers and donors to act mo...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative Brochure (2010)  
View Details The rapidly growing urban centres in the Lake Victoria basin are playing an increasingly important role in the economic development of the region. But most of these towns are experiencing unplanned, spontaneous growth. The run-down and often non-exis...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Second Meeting of East African Community Ministers of Water, Ministers of Finance, and Development Partners of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative  
View Details Second Meeting of East African Community Ministers of Water, Ministers of Finance, and Development Partners of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative Entebbe, Uganda 23rd April 2009 . Scaling Up of the Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanita...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
A practical Method for Rapid Assessment of the Bacterial Quality of Water  
View Details This booklet contains instructions to teach communities how to test drinking water in their villages and detect the presence of E.coli.
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Solid Waste Management in the World's Cities : Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities 2010  
View Details In a rapidly urbanizing global society, solid waste management will be a key challenge facing all the world's cities. This publication provides a fresh perspective and new data on one of the biggest issues in urban development. Using the framework of...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 228, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Sanitation: A human rights imperative  
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A document defining sanitation in human rights terms, describing the value of treating sanitation as a human rights issue and outlining priority actions for governments, international organisations and civil society.

In the UN International ...

Year: 2010, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
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