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A Typical View Of Girl Toilets in Urban Slums of India

The View Of a typical Girls Toilet in Urban Slums of India . Girl are facing a big problem in India both in (Urban & Rural Slums) in terms of Toilets .  …

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Author: Gagan Deep
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New Delhi
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9 January 2013

Livelihood Links to Poor Water Quality in India: Alternates

 

The water quality problem in India is severe in many pockets of the country. It has been learnt that there are comparatively less efforts toward addressing the problems related to water quality by government and other agencies in India. We have examples where the youth could not find jobs in organizations or public sector agencies those take physical fitness test by looking in each parameter of health of a person. In majority of cases the health authorities are not aware about the severity of endemic water quality problems in their area. The institutional coordination and knowledge networking efforts are shockingly negligible. This article tells that what the agencies and government should consider in such situation.  

People's Stories
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Author: K N Vajpai
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India
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30 November 2012

Now also in Nepali: Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies

Clean toilets save lives. But with billions of people lacking access to basic sanitation around the world, which toilet best meets each person's and family's need? Since 2008, one of the most popular guidebooks used to help answer that question has been the Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies. Now, the Guidebook, published by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and WSSCC, is available in Nepali, complementing the English, French and Spanish versions available.

Source: EAWAG/WSSCC
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31 October 2012

''Big Stream'' of Peyi village of Abuja.

''Big Stream'' is a major source of water for the inhabitants of Peyi village. Peyi village is in between two ridges of hard igneouse rocks. …

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Author: Anene, N. C.
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Peyi-Bwari, Abuja, Nigeria
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19 December 2011

Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions and Preventive Measures

Published in collaboration between Wiley-Blackwell and Horizon International, this book brings experts together from across the medical and environmental fields to present the latest analysis and s …

Author: Edited by J. Selendy
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Horizon International
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11 October 2011

Sustainable Sanitation Practice - Planning Tools

It is generally assumed that an appropriate planning process is important for sustainable implementation of sanitation solutions. Issue 7 of Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP)  present some  „Planning tools“ that are used by projects and instutions.

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Publisher: Ecosan CLub Austria
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The Heart of the Matter: People's Voices on Sanitation and Hygiene in South Asia

In this short film, WSSCC, Freshwater Action Network South Asia, and WaterAid captured the thoughts, hopes and dreams of ordinary people in South Asia about sanitation and hygiene. 

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Author: WSSCC

Au cœur du sujet : l’avis des personnes sur l’assainissement et l’hygiène en Asie du Sud

Depuis 2010, nous sommes confrontés au fait que 716 millions d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants défèquent à l’air libre tous les jours en Asie du Sud, ce qui est tout à fait honteux.

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Author: WSSCC

Almighty Ganges-Can We!

In south Asian region over 75 percent of the people live in rural areas, those have little access to safe potable water systems. Until, recently, people depended more on surface water which was exposed to microbial contamination resulting in water related disease like gastroenteritis, typhoid, dysentery, cholera, infectious hepatitis, infant diarrhoeas, and skin diseases and so on.

1 April 2011

How concerned we are to save our rivers

The city development planning and judicious resource allocation in most of the cities in South Asian countries is a big challenge. …

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Author: K N Vajpai
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Rishikesh, Naugaon, Meerut
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1 April 2011