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Davis, R.Hirji, R.[Review of water and climate change policies in South Asia. Background Paper 2]Review of water and climate change policies in South Asia. Background Paper 2

Groundwater quantity and quality may be affected by climate change through intricate direct and indirect mechanisms. At the same time, population growth and rapid urbanization have made groundwater an increasingly important source of water for multiple uses around the world, including southern Af...


McGill, B.M.Altchenko, YvanHamilton, S.K.Kenabatho, P.K.Sylvester, S.R.Villholth, Karen G.[Complex interactions between climate change, sanitation, and groundwater quality: a case study from Ramotswa, Botswana]Complex interactions between climate change, sanitation, and groundwater quality: a case study from Ramotswa, Botswana

Billions of people currently lack clean water and sanitation. By 2050 the global population will have grown to nearly 10 billion, over two-thirds of whom will live in urban areas. This Voices asks: what are the research and water-management priorities to ensure clean water and sanitation in the w...


Jamwal, P.Brown, R.Kookana, R.Drechsel, PayMcDonald, R.Vorosmarty, C.J.Vliet, M.T.H. vanBhaduri, Anik[The future of urban clean water and sanitation]The future of urban clean water and sanitation

When urban areas expand without concomitant increases in wastewater treatment capacity, vast quantities of wastewater are released to surface waters with little or no treatment. Downstream of many urban areas are large areas of irrigated croplands reliant on these same surface water sources. Case...


Thebo, A.L.Drechsel, PayLambin, E.F.Nelson, K.L.[A global, spatially-explicit assessment of irrigated croplands influenced by urban wastewater flows]A global, spatially-explicit assessment of irrigated croplands influenced by urban wastewater flows

Safe emptying and disposal of fecal sludge from pit latrines in rural areas has become a priority for the Government of Bangladesh. In this paper, we calculate the volume and characterize the hazards of managing sludge to identify technologies for safely emptying rural single pits. In Bhaluka sub...


Balasubramanya, SoumyaEvans, B.Ahmed, R.Habib, A.Asad, N.S.M.Vuong, L.Rahman, M.Hasan, M.Dey, D.Camargo-Valero, M.A.[Pump it up: making single-pit emptying safer in rural Bangladesh]Pump it up: making single-pit emptying safer in rural Bangladesh

The study was carried out to assess the ef cacy of a standard Bio l toilet digester with regard to its ef uentqualityandtoevaluatetheperformanceofnewef uentpolishingoptionsbeingdeveloped by Bio lCom. In uent and ef uent were collected from 18 standard Bio l digesters connected to full- ush toilet...


Amoah, PhilipNartey, E.G.Schrecongost, A.[Performance evaluation of bio l toilet waste digester technologies in Ghana: the ef cacy of ef uent treatment options]Performance evaluation of bio l toilet waste digester technologies in Ghana: the ef cacy of ef uent treatment options

The rain-fed areas in the semi-arid tropics are characterised by low and erratic rainfall, severe land degradation, low crop yields and high poverty. Watershed programmes are recognised as a potential engine for agricultural growth and sustainable development in rain-fed areas (Wani et al., 2003...


Wani, S.P.Anantha, K.H.Sreedevi, T.K.[Gender Issues in Watershed Management]Gender Issues in Watershed Management
Kjellen, M.Vairavamoorthy, KalanithyDonoso, G.[Stockholm World Water Week 2016: 'Water for sustainable growth']Stockholm World Water Week 2016: 'Water for sustainable growth'

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