All publications by publication date
All available official IRC publications listed by date of publication.
A Manual on Community Participation
01 Jan 92
A practical guide which outlines the importance of community participation and its most crucial aspects. It is organized on the basis of a normal water supply project cycle.
Woman, Water, Sanitation: annual abstract journal 1992
01 Jan 92
Woman, Water, Sanitation is an annual, comprehensive overview of the latest documents on gender issues in water supply and sanitation.
Special issue: Economic benefits
From Sanitation to Development: the case of the Baldia soakpit pilot project
01 Jan 92
Describes and analyzes a community-based sanitation project carried out in a low-income urban area in Karachi, Pakistan between 1979 and 1986.
Water Harvesting: a guide for planners and project managers
01 Jan 92
Describes key issues in planning water harvesting systems and shows the main features of the arid and semi-arid lands environment, including landscape profiles. Provides a description of the main water harvesting systems.
A Manual on Operation and Maintenance of Communal Standposts for Extension Workers and Caretakers
01 Jan 91
Produced to assist extension workers in supporting community water committees, and in particular, caretakers, in appropriate operation and maintenance of their piped supply systems.
Woman, Water, Sanitation: annual abstract journal 1991
01 Jan 91
Woman, Water, Sanitation is an annual, comprehensive overview of the latest documents on gender issues in water supply and sanitation.
Just Stir Gently: the way to mix hygiene education with water supply and sanitation
01 Jan 91
Provides options and methods for integrating hygiene education with water supply and sanitation projects. Illustrations and examples are used to reinforce the text and to give some ideas from 'real life' situations.
On-Site Sanitation: building on local practice
01 Jan 91
Provides an insight into the cultural and social aspects which influence sanitation developments and an overview of technical options available for on-site sanitation in rural and peri-urban areas.
Why a Pit Latrine: a manual for extension workers and latrine builders
01 Jan 91
A simple do-it-yourself manual designed to guide extension workers in supporting communities to build their own pit latrines and help those who want to build a latrine themselves with little outside help.
A Groundwater Primer. Enlarged edition
01 Jan 91
Enlarged edition of a document originally published in 1981 and republished with corrections in 1983. Presents the basic principles of hydrology as an introduction to the occurrence and movement of groundwater in practical situations.
