Developments in on-site sanitation

Q. Where can I find information on recent developments in on-site sanitation?

A. The topics related to on-site sanitation that have received most attention over the past few years are ecological sanitation (ecosan), Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and school sanitation.

Below are a number of key web sites and recent publications on the above topics and on-site sanitation in general.

Web sites

• IRC – Thematic page on Sanitation
• Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) (members are all the key organisations dealing with sanitation in development)
• WEDC – International Year of Sanitation
• WSSCC – Hurry up campaign
• WHO – International Year of Sanitation 2008
• EcoSanRes: Ecological Sanitation Research
• International Year of Sanitation 2008 – Sanitary Facilities
• Duncan Mara’s home page – International Year of Sanitation 2008
• Livelihoods Connect: Community Led Total Sanitation
• WSP – Sanitation & Hygiene
• WASH in Schools

Publications

By IRC

• IRC/WaterAid (2008). Beyond construction. See especially the summary paper.
• NWP et al. (2006). Smart sanitation solutions
• Bruijne, G. de et al. (2007). Sanitation for All ?
• Borba, M.L. et al (2007). Enhancing livelihoods through sanitation
• IRC and UNICEF (2007). Towards effective programming for WASH in schools : a manual on scaling up programmes for water, sanitation and hygiene in schools.

By others

• Kar, K. and Chamber, R. (2008). Handbook on community-led total sanitation
• Deak, A. (2008). Taking community-led total sanitation to scale : movement, spread and adaptation
• Pedi, D. (ed.) (2008). Sharing experiences : sustainable sanitation in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
• Black, M. and Fawcett, B. (2008). The last taboo : opening the door on the global sanitation crisis. London, UK, Earthscan and UNICEF.
• Webster, L. (2007). The sanitation scandal : identifying and responding to the barriers to improved sanitation and hygiene in developing countries.
• Fewtrell, L.et al. (2007). Water, sanitation and hygiene : quantifying the health impact at national and local levels in countries with incomplete water supply and sanitation coverage
• Morgan, P. (2007). Toilets that make compost : low-cost, sanitary toilets that produce valuable compost for crops in an African context.
• Harvey, P.A. (2007). Excreta disposal in emergencies : a field manual

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