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Inadequate sanitation, inadequate water supplies and poor hygiene are critical determinants for survival of victims of natural disas
Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in de
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
The devastating earthquake on 8 October 2005 caused the immediate death of more than 70,000 people with injury and displacement to m
There is currently limited public information available concerning methods for the selection of appropriate water trea
Infrastructure for All: Meeting the needs of both men and women in development projects — A practical guide for engineers, technicia
Batch water treatment consists of the intermittent use of settling tanks for water clarification, and is a common treatment practice
This briefing paper is aimed at all those involved in facilitating hygiene improvement in an acute.
Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an importan
This paper describes the potential of ecological sanitation (ecosan), and in particular of urine-diversion dehydrating (UDD) toilets