Water Supply
Life-cycle costs of rainwater harvesting systems
04 Oct 11
In partnership with IRC and the Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network, WASHCost has recently published a study looking into historical trends and drivers of Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) adoption. Detailed comparisons are made between life-cycle costs of RWH systems and the life-cycle costs of other water supply systems.
Read more or download 46_OP_Lifecycle_costs_of_rainwater_harvesting_2011.pdf (1.7 MB)
Local Governance for Basic Urban Services - Country cases from Burkina Faso, Egypt and Sri Lanka 2003 - 2007
28 Nov 08
This booklet presents a summary of IRC activities within the BUS framework, carried out over a five-year period (2003-2007) through an Agreement of Cooperation with UNCHS (UN-Habitat). It underlines how good local governance – the result of interactions, relationships and networks between different sectors of society – is a precondition for sustainable delivery and improved access to basic urban services by the urban poor.
Read more or download TP51_LGBUS_08.pdf (1.2 MB)
Arsenic in Drinking Water
22 Mar 07
This TOP outlines the global extent of arsenic contamination and its basic chemistry, as well as associated health problems. It looks at removal technologies for centralised and household point-of-use systems, and describes two case-study trials in Bangladesh and in Hungary.
Read more or download TOP17_Arsenic_07.pdf (1.0 MB)
Filtración en Múltiples Etapas
23 Jan 07
La Filtración en Múltiples Etapas (FiME) es una solución integrada para mejorar el abastecimiento de agua en comunidades rurales y en pequeños o medianos municipios. Utiliza una combinación de filtración en grava y filtración lenta en arena (FLA) con dos o tres etapas para el tratamiento del agua.
Read more or download TOP15_MFS_S.pdf (2.0 MB)
Multi-Stage Filtration
08 Nov 06
This Thematic Overview Paper (TOP) provides the basis for sector professionals to become aware of Multi-Stage Filtration (MSF) technology and to learn more about it. It examines why MSF is a viable technological option and explains its advantages and disadvantages.
Read more or download TOP15_MFS_06.pdf (1.5 MB)
Facilitating Community Water Supply: From transferring filtration technology to multi-stakeholder learning
12 May 06
What does it take to bring safe sustainable water supplies to the hundreds of thousands of communities in the developing world who desperately need them? According to Jan Teun Visscher, author of this publication, an important part of the answer is FLAIR.
Read more or download TP46_FacilitatingCWS.pdf (2.4 MB)
Soluciones Ingeniosas de Agua
04 May 06
Este folleto sobre agua, al igual que su homólogo Smart Sanitation Solutions (Soluciones Inteligentes en Instalaciones Sanitarias), ofrece ejemplos de soluciones innovadoras.
Read more or download SWS-S_2006.pdf (2.0 MB)
Soluções Hídricas Inteligentes
30 Mar 06
Este livrete sobre água, assim como a sua contrapartida Soluções Inteligentes de Sanidade Pública (Smart Sanitation Solutions), oferece exemplos de inovações para facilitar o acesso a água potável segura.
Read more or download SWS-P_2006.pdf (1.8 MB)
l'Eau: des Solutions Simples et Économiques
30 Mar 06
Cette brochure sur l’eau, comme sa contrepartie ‘Des Solutions intelligentes pour l’assainissement’ (Smart Sanitation Solutions), relate des exemples d’innovations à petite échelle pour étendre l’accès à un approvisionnement en eau potable.
Read more or download SWS-F_2006.pdf (1.8 MB)
Smart Water Solutions
30 Mar 06
This booklet on water, like its counterpart Smart Sanitation Solutions, gives examples of small-scale innovative technologies to increase access to safe drinking water.
Read more or download SWS_2006.pdf (1,022.6 kB)
