Water and Sanitation Newsletter

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• W&S Newsletter

Water, Sanitation, and Health

• WHO link

History of W&S Services

• History of Sewers

Organizations

• Freshwater Action Network
• Global Hydrology and Climate Center
• Global International Waters Assessment
• Global Water Partnership
• InterWater 
• The World's Water
• Water Environment Federation
• Water Quality Association
• World Water Council
• United Nations Environment Programme GEMS/WATER
• Water Research Commission South Africa
• International Office for Water
• ARS Water Database
• California Department of Water Resources
• EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
• Texas WaterNet
• US Water News
• Planning and Policy Topics
  • Services to the Poor

  Demand Responsive Planning

  • Large Scale Rural Water and Sanitation Projects (PDF)
  • Making Rural Water Supply Sustainable (PDF)
  • Equity and Demand Responsive Approaches by IRC 
  • The Demand Responsive Approach: What are the Benefits?

  Financing and Pricing Issues

  • Household Credit for Water and Sanitation
  • Rethinking Municipal Water Tariffs (IDRC)

  Gender Issues

  • Woman, Water and Sanitation abstracts (IRC) 
  • Gender Issues Network
  • "Diverting the Flow: A Resource Guide to Gender, Rights, and Water Privatization." (PDF)
  • Gender and Water Alliance 

  Institutions

  • Institutional Development (GARNET)
  • Private Provision of Water and Sanitation (WB)
  • Integrated Water Resources Management (WB)
  • Towards Integrated Water Resources Management (IRC) 

  Technologies

  • Handpumps
  • Pit Latrines
  • On-Plot Sanitation in Low-Income Urban Communities (PDF)

  Urban Water Supply

  • Improving Urban Service in Nairobi (WB)
  • Mega Slums: The Coming Sanitary Crisis
  • On-Plot Sanitation in Low-Income Urban Communities (DFID) (PDF)
  • Sewerage and Sanitation in Jakarta and Manila (WB)
  • Sanitation Service for the Urban Poor in Jamaica (case study) (PDF)
  • Groundwater: Information on Sources of Groundwater, Contamination, etc.

  Privatization

  • Privatization in Infrastructure
  • Designing Contracts

  Human Right to Water

  • Human Right to Water

  Millenium Development Goals

  • Millenium Development Goals
  • Challenges of International Goals in the Water Sector

  Case Studies

  • UNICEF Case Studies in Environmental Sanitation (PDF)
  • Sewerage and Sanitation in Jakarta and Manila (World Bank)
  • Improving Urban Services in Nairobi (World Bank)
  • World Bank's Rapid Response Unit
    The site hosts studies of water resource markets, discussing issues of inter-sectoral trading and integrated water resource management. Reviews of experience point to potential benefits and practical difficulties of such systems.

  Facts and Figures

  • Access to Sanitation Services (UNICEF)
  • An Overview of W&S Services in Developing Countries
  • Comprehensive Assessment of the Freshwater Resources of the World
  • UNEP's Vital Water Graphics: Info on Quantity and Quality of Available Water
  • Water in Schools
  • World Bank Urban and City Management
    The WBI's Urban and City Management Program aims to build institutional capacity of urban authorities to deal with their roles as managers, regulators and financiers of urban services.

  W&S Global Overview

  • W&S Global Overview