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