23 November 2008 - a silent emergency versus a flush and forget attitude

 

"Water is life, as we say here, and sanitation and a clean environment are the basis of human development" he says. "A poor man who is clean can become rich. But a rich man who is sick can easily become poor".

Read a very thorough article on the "silent emergency" by Barney Jopson, the Financial Times, here. 

A letter to the editor, "better sanitation generates massive economic benefits", by Jon Lane, WSSCC Executive Director, can be found here.