Water supply and sanitation in emergency situations - overviews and databases
Updated - Wednesday 29 July 2009
Key websites and databases related to emergency water supply and sanitation
WHO - Environmental Health in Emergencies
This web site provides information and resources on health problems arising from environmental emergencies. It follows the disaster-management cycle, starting from prevention and preparedness, to events, detection, emergency response and recovery, with links to both WHO and non-WHO resources. [29 Feb 2008]
WHO - Environmental Sanitation in Emergencies
This web-page has been established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the South-East Asian Tsunami Crisis. It offers information and responses relevant to a wide variety of health issues related to drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in emergency situations. Most of the information is provided through links to WHO Fact Sheets, reports, or links to other relevant WHO websites. [12 Feb 2007]
WHO - Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response
Maintained by the Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR) of the World Health Organization (WHO). This site provides information on WHO/CSR activities and resources on epidemic alert and responses. This includes Outbreak News covering over 50 diseases, DengueNet, and Preparedness for Deliberate Epidemics caused by chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. [3 Jan 2005]
WHO - Health Action in Crises
Maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO), this site advocates for best public health practice in humanitarian situations. It provides technical guidance on public health topics (including environmental health) and emergency management essentials, and links to other resources. It also provides news on specific current emergency situations. [3 Jan 2005]
WEDC - Technical Notes for Emergencies
Four page illustrated notes that have been prepared by WEDC for the World Health Organization to assist those working immediately or shortly after an emergency to plan appropriate responses to the urgent and medium-term water and sanitation needs of affected populations.
ALNAP - Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action
The web site includes the Evaluative Reports Database (ERD), a bibliographic collection of evaluative reports of humanitarian action, lessons, studies, reviews, synthesis reports and good practice studies. Keywords include sanitation and water.[28 Jul 2009]
DisasterInfo
Front page to a collection of mirror sites and/or direct access to web sites of many disaster organizations, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. All web sites are hosted in their original language. Maintained by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). [3 Jan 2005]
ReliefWeb Home Page
Leading electronic clearinghouse with daily updates on humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters taken from over 700 sources. Maintained by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Includes databases of UN documents and maps, a financial tracking database for complex emergencies, links to country information, links to documents by subject (including water and sanitation), vacancies, and information on training courses. [3 Jan 2005]
Reuters Foundation AlertNet
Includes news and field stories on humanitarian emergencies from Reuters and AlertNet members comprising over 353 non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Of these NGOs, 174 indicate that they are active in water and sanitation (membership directory). Includes a photo-gallery; links to suppliers, jobs and training courses; and topic pages - including one on water. [3 Jan 2005]
Virtual Disaster Library
The Virtual Disaster Library was developed in November 1999, by PAHO/WHO (Pan American Health Organization / Regional Office of the World Health Organization). It contains 250 publications (25,000 pages) of experiences, ideas and solutions to advance the cause of disaster reduction. Topics includes drinking water, sanitary management and sanitation in disasters [12 Feb 2007]
EPA - Water Infrastructure Security
Provides an overview of tools, training and financing opportunities, and research relevant for government agencies and water and wastewater utilities in the USA regarding vulnerability analysis and emergency response plans for water infrastructure. Maintained by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [3 Jan 2005]
