EC.715 | Fall 2019 | Undergraduate

D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Lecture Notes

Week # Topics Lectures
1 Introduction Three Movements that Shape D-Lab’s Philosophy (PDF)
2 Water Use and Access, Sustainable Development Goals Intro to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) (PDF - 3.5MB)
3 WASH and “One Health”

One Health (PDF - 1.2MB)

Guest Lecture: Hellen Amuguni, Assistant Professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University

4 Decentralized Sanitation No lecture notes available
5 Wastewater Treatment The Short History of Wastewater Treatment (PDF - 2MB)
6 History of Boston’s Water Supply 19{{< sup “th” >}} and 20{{< sup “th” >}} c. Sanitary Revolution & Metropolitan Boston’s Urban Water Supply (PDF - 3MB)
7 Water Quality, Water Diseases, Storage, and Treatment No lecture notes available
8 Participation and Solid Waste Management Technical Notes on Water Quality Testing for E. coli, Turbidity, Total Disolved Solids, & Residual Chlorine (PDF - 2.1MB)
9 Community Water Treatment No lecture notes available
10 WASH, Disasters, and Refugees No lecture notes available
11 Centralized Water Treatment No lecture notes available
12 Hygiene and Menstrual Hygiene Hygiene and Handwashing (PDF - 5.8MB)

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Fall 2019