The government of Bangladesh is increasingly paying attention to the safe collection and disposal of fecal sludge from pit latrines in rural areas. In this paper, we report on current sludge disposal practices from single-pit latrines, by conducting a survey of 1,091 households with pit latrines ...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Evans, E.
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Ahmed, R.
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Habib, A.
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Asad, N.S.M.
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Rahman, M.
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Hasan, M.
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Dey, D.
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Camargo-Valero, M.A.
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Rao, Krishna Chaitanya
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Fernando, Sudarshana
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[Take it away: the need for designing fecal sludge disposal services for single-pit latrines]
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Take it away: the need for designing fecal sludge disposal services for single-pit latrines
With increasing pressures from global changes (urbanization, climate change, etc.), cities in Africa will experience difficulties in efficiently managing water resources. Most of the urbanization in Africa over the next 30 years will occur in fast-growing small towns that lack mature infrastructu...
Bahri, A.
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Brikke, F.
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Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy
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[Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities]
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Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities
Recovering nutrients, water and energy from domestic waste streams, including wastewater and faecal sludge, is slowly gaining momentum in low-income countries. Resource recovery and reuse (RRR) offers value beyond environmental benefits through cost recovery. An expected game changer in sanitatio...
Rao, Krishna C.
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Otoo, Miriam
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Drechsel, Pay
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Hanjra, Munir A.
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[Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain]
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Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
Thirsty and hungry cities are posing significant challenges for the urban-rural interface ranging from food security to inter-sectoral water allocation. Not only is the supply of resources to urban centres a growing challenge in low-income countries, but even more is the urban return flow, as inv...
Drechsel, Pay
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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[Agriculture in the rural-urban continuum: a CGIAR research perspective]
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Agriculture in the rural-urban continuum: a CGIAR research perspective
Groundwater quality receives increasing attention in water management in India. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the emerging issues of groundwater quality in the Ramganga Sub-Basin (RSB), a tributary joining the Ganga River from the northern plains, which extends over 30,839 Sq. km and ...
Natarajan, Rajmohan
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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[Groundwater quality issues and management in Ramganga Sub-Basin]
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Groundwater quality issues and management in Ramganga Sub-Basin
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier
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Drechsel, Pay
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[Water reuse in Africa and the sustainable development goals]
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Water reuse in Africa and the sustainable development goals
Fecal sludge (FS) contains significant amounts of plant nutrients and organic matter although it also contains pathogens. Therefore, FS can be used as fertilizer after proper sanitization. This study was designed to test dried fecal sludge (DFS)-based pellet fertilizers on maize cultivation. The ...
Globally, more than 60% of the human population live without safely managed sanitation services or even lack access to basic sanitation facilities. In addition, most of the wastewater produced in the world is discharged without proper treatment. Integrated approaches are needed to address these i...
Andersson, K.
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Otoo, Miriam
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Nolasco, M.
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[Innovative sanitation approaches to address multiple development challenges]
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Innovative sanitation approaches to address multiple development challenges
Globally, many populations face structural and environmental barriers to access safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Among these populations are many of the 200 million pastoralists whose livelihood patterns and extreme environmental settings challenge conventional WASH programming...
Whitley, L.
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Hutchings, P.
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Cooper, S.
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Parker, A.
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Kebede, A.
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Joseph, S.
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Butterworth, J.
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van Koppen, Barbara
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Mulejaa, A.
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[A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar Region of Ethiopia]
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A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
Motivation: Proper management of fecal sludge has significant positive health and environmental externalities. Most research on managing onsite sanitation so far either simulates the costs of, or the welfare effects from, managing sludge in situ in pit latrines. Thus, designing management strateg...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Evans, B.
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Hardy, R.
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Ahmed, R.
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Habib, A.
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Asad, N.S.M.
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Rahman, M.
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Hasan, H.
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Dey, D.
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Fletcher, J.
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Camargo-Valero, M.A.
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[Towards sustainable sanitation management: Establishing the costs and willingness to pay for emptying and transporting sludge in rural districts with high rates of access to latrines]
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Towards sustainable sanitation management: Establishing the costs and willingness to pay for emptying and transporting sludge in rural districts with high rates of access to latrines