All publications by publication date

All available official IRC publications listed by date of publication.



Gender in Water Resources Management, Water Supply and Sanitation: Roles and Realities Revisited

31 Dec 97

This book presents a simplified framework for gender analysis. Only available electronically (PDF).

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Multi-Stage Filtration: an innovative water treatment technology

31 Dec 97

Introduces multi-stage filtration (MSF) as a sustainable technology that is in harmony with local conditions and available management capacity of most communities.

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Operation and Maintenance of Sanitation Systems in Urban Low-Income Areas in India and Thailand: report on a joint research programme, 1989-1993

31 Dec 97

Previously issued as an unpublished report on a comparative research study carried out in India, te Netherlands and Thailand by: the Human Settlements Management Institute (HSMI), India; the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the Faculty of Engineering

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Technology Transfer in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector: a learning experience from Colombia

31 Dec 96

This document presents experiences from a technology transfer programme for multi-stage filtration (TRANSCOL) carried out in Colombia from 1989 to 1996.

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Water Supplies Managed by Rural Communities: country reports and case studies from Cameroon, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya, Nepal and Pakistan

31 Dec 96

This document gives an overview of the water supply and sanitation situation in six countries at the beginning of a four-year research project on the role of community participation in the management of rural water supplies in developing countries.

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Woman, Water, Sanitation: annual abstract journal 1997

31 Dec 96

Woman, Water, Sanitation is an annual, comprehensive overview of the latest documents on gender issues in water supply and sanitation.

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Resources on Participatory Approaches and Communication for Water and Sanitation Programming: annotated references

31 Dec 96

This resource package on participatory approaches and communication tools aims to serve planners, implementors and field workers who are dealing with advocacy, social mobilization and programme communication for change in water and environmental sanitatio

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Simplified Water Quality Assessment for Multi-Stage Filtration

31 Dec 96

This publication underscores the importance of making a sanitary catchment survey to gain insight into the health and hygiene risks associated with the use of a specific water source for drinking water supply.

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Linking Technology Choice with Operation and Maintenance for Low-Cost Water Supply and Sanitation

31 Dec 96

This guidance manual is designed to help in the selection of rural and low-income water supply and sanitation technologies. Part I provides an introduction to operation and maintenance and the factors influencing technology choice.

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Woman, Water, Sanitation: annual abstract journal 1996

31 Dec 95

Woman, Water, Sanitation is an annual, comprehensive overview of the latest documents on gender issues in water supply and sanitation.

Theme: Low-Income Urban Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation.

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