Water and sanitation links
General - Rainwater harvesting - Supply and sanitation - Water lifting - Soil/Water management - Irrigation - Quality and treatment
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| Water / General |
WELL - Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough
www.lboro.ac.uk/well
WELL is a resource centre promoting environmental health and well-being in developing and transitional countries. WELL is managed by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University. It is also supported by a network of collaborative institutions. The centre is funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID).
WEDC - Water, Engineering and Development Centre
wedc.lboro.ac.uk/resources/resources.php
WEDC is concerned with the planning, provision and management of physical infrastructure for development in low- and middle-income countries. The resource collection comprises books, series, country files, student projects, videos, journals, maps, and manufacturers' catalogues available for the use of staff, students and visitors.
International Water Management Institute
www.cgiar.org/iwmi
The International Water Management Institute is a non-profit scientific research organization specializing in water use in agriculture and integrated management of water and land resources. IWMI works with partners in the South to develop tools and methods to help these countries eradicate poverty and ensure food security through more effective management of their water and land resources.
Integrated Water Resource Management in Water and Sanitation Projects
www.irc.nl/products/publications/online/op31e/index.html
Lessons from projects in Africa, Asia and South America.
Water and Sanitation Program
www.wsp.org/english/index.html
The WSP is an international partnership of the world's leading development agencies concerned with water and sanitation services for the poor. Its mission is to alleviate poverty by helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water and sanitation services.
WaterAid
www.wateraid.org.uk
WaterAid is dedicated exclusively to the provision of domestic water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion to the world's poorest people. WaterAid works in fifteen countries in Africa and Asia with a wide variety of cultures and communities.
GARNET Global Applied Research Network
www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cv/wedc/garnet/grntover.html
GARNET, the Global Applied Research Network, is an activity that is designed to improve the exchange of information between researchers and practitioners, working in the water and sanitation sector, and funders of research throughout the world. The method used to achieve this is through low-cost, informal networks organised by both topic and region. Benefits include: preventing duplication of research; developing research skills and knowledge through information dissemination; and reducing professional isolation.
World Water Day - 22nd March
www.worldwaterday.org
Join the movement for action around the World Water Day, 22 March of each year.
Right to Water
www.righttowater.org.uk
A joint venture between WaterAid, Rights & Humanity and the Freshwater Action Network. The website has been developed to stress the vital importance of water to life, and is a comprehensive resource in two sections. The first explains the development of international water policies as well as international human rights law. The second part is an action guide to promote the use of the right to water as a tool for community empowerment and advocacy.
UNICEF water, environment and sanitation (WES) programme
www.unicef.org/wes
UNICEF works to improve water supplies and sanitation for communities, promote good hygiene practices, and provide water and sanitation when supplies are threatened by crisis situations, such as natural disasters and conflict.
WES-Net India
wesnetindia.org
WES-Net India is a learning alliance of stakeholders in the Water and Environmental Sanitation sector, including NGOs, UN agencies, private sector, consultants, government departments and donors.
| Water / Rainwater harvesting |
SearNet - Southern and Eastern Africa Rainwater Network
www.searnet.org
SearNet endeavors to create an army of rainwater harvesters in the African sub-continent. This movement complements conventional systems of water management and provides a viable alternative water source for irrigation and domestic needs.
International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA)
www.irha-h2o.org
The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) consists of networks including NGOs, research centres, engaged women and men, micro and small private sector, committed to enhancing rainwater harvesting programs and projects worldwide.
| Water / Supply and sanitation |
World of Composting Toilets
www.compostingtoilet.org
The aim of the site is to present information on composting toilets so that persons in all countries have the opportunity to help improve their living conditions and their surrounding natural environment.
WASTE
www.waste.nl
WASTE is a non-profit organisation for development projects in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. WASTE works for organisations that aim at a sustainable improvement of the living conditions of the urban low-income population and of the urban environment in general.
| Water / Water lifting |
Handpumps Resources
lifewater.ca/ndexman.htm
Keeping development workers informed of current handpumps, drilling and water development techniques.
| Water / Soil-water management |
United Nations Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification
www.unccd.int/main.php
Comprehensive Knowledge about Desertification: fact sheets, basic facts about desertification and the Convention to Combat Desertification.
Desertification 2002
www.drfn.org/des2002
A conference held in April 2002 on appropriate technologies, income generation, indigenous knowledge, land tenure, monitoring and evaluation as well as the process and prevention of desertification.
| Water / Irrigation |
International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage
www.fao.org/ag/AGL/iptrid/index.htm
IPTRID is an internationally funded programme aimed at promoting technology and research in irrigation and drainage in and by developing countries.
International Institute for Land Reclamation & Improvement
www.ilri.nl
ILRI collects and disseminates knowledge on the reclamation and improvement of waterlogged and salt-affected soils. ILRI has always approached these problems in a holistic manner, by combining (1) irrigation and drainage engineering, (2) hydrology and geo-hydrology, and (3) rural sociology and agro-economics.
| Water / Quality and treatment |
Solar Water Disinfection
www.sodis.ch
SODIS, Solar Water Disinfection, improves the microbiological quality of drinking water: It is a simple water treatment method using solar UV-A radiation and temperature to inactivate pathogens causing diarrhoea.
Sand Filtration
www.idrc.ca/reports/read_article_english.cfm?article_num=1051
Describes a water filtration system using sand.
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