Sanitation

Effective sanitation practices are necessary for a safe environment. Sanitation is more than building latrines, and sanitation can also include: desludging, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and community approach for Total Sanitation (CATS), latrine alternatives (i.e. Peepoo® bags), temporary latrines, wastewater management, or bathing areas.
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Emergency sanitation: developing criteria for pit latrine lining

Pit latrine linings for emergency sanitation facilities require different performance criteria from those for pits used in longer-term development work.

Publication year: 2016    Reporting Agency: Loughborough University, WEDC    Author(s): Reed_B., Torr_D., Scott_R.

Shedding Light on Humanitarian Sanitation

Lighting should be provided for WASH facilities in Humanitarian contexts according to several standards. Evidence for this and the practical budget, operational and management responsibilities are less clear.

Publication year: 2018    Reporting Agency: Loughborough University    Author(s): Reed_B., Hastie_R., Vidal_J., Bastable_A., Akers_K., Fisher_J., Lafrenière_J.