Source - Technology Update

LifeStraw: killing waterborne diseases as you drink

25 Jul 06

LifeStraw filters out many of the micro-organisms responsible for causing waterborne diseases like diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid and cholera.

Rain gardens: eco-solution reduces flooding and pollution from urban stormwater

12 Jul 06

Bioretention facilities or rain gardens, fulfil two main functions in urban stormwater management: flood control and pollution control. Kansas City, MI, is one of the latest US cities to promote this eco-friendly solution.

Ecosan: demonstration public toilet opened in Musiri, India

27 Jun 06

The first community Ecosan toilet was opened in the Indian town of Musiri, Tamil Nadu, as part of pilot project that will also include the construction 500 individual units in peri-urban flats.

Wastewater reuse Jordan (1): Reuse for Industry, Agriculture and Landscaping (RIAL) Project

05 Jan 06

Around 90% of the 73 million cubic metres of reclaimed water from Jordan’s 19 Wastewater Treatment Plants is reused. The USAID-funded Reuse for Industry, Agriculture and Landscaping (RIAL) Project, aims to build on this success and its experience working toward sustainable use of reclaimed water resources, providing economic benefit, and supporting community development.

Wastewater reuse Jordan (2): small communities wastewater treatment and reuse

05 Jan 06

USAID is supporting an innovative project which involves trucking wastewater from small communities to central treatment plants and safe wastewater reuse for agriculture.

Ecosan: India's first eco-sanitary mart opens in Kerala

14 Dec 05

Eco-solutions has opened India's first Ecological Sanitaryware Mart in Trivandrum District, Kerala. The mart aims to be a focal point for ecological sanitation (ecosan) work in the area, offering advice and construction services to the community and selling the ecopan, a urine-diverting toilet pan.