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154 factsheets
A simplified sewer describes a sewerage network that is constructed using smaller diameter pipes laid at a shallower depth and at a flatter gradient…
Last updated 28 May 2019
The single pit is one of the most widely used sanitation technologies. Excreta, along with anal cleansing materials (water or solids) are deposited…
Last updated 31 May 2019
The single VIP is a ventilated improved pit. It is an improvement over the [8237-single pit] because continuous airflow through the ventilation pipe…
Last updated 13 May 2019
Slow sand filtration is a type of centralised or semi-centralised water purification system. A well-designed and properly maintained slow sand filter…
Last updated 21 May 2019
Sludge drying bed (SDB) is the most widely used method for sludge dewatering. Sludge drying involves natural ways of drying to mechanical ways of…
Last updated 16 April 2019
Creating sustainable smart partnerships is essential to establish viable safe water initiatives for the BoP. Partnerships help match knowledge and…
Last updated 29 August 2019
This case study supports and illustrates the theoretic factsheet "Smart partnering" with practical insights.
Last updated 23 August 2018
Subsidies are usually provided by governments and are direct or indirect (monetary) benefits to a sector in order to overcome initial barriers of…
Last updated 29 August 2019
This case study supports and illustrates the theoretic factsheet "Smart subsidies - creating markets instead of distorting them" with practical…
Last updated 23 August 2018
A soak pit, also known as a soakaway or leach pit, is a covered, porous-walled chamber that allows water to slowly soak into the ground. Pre-settled…
Last updated 28 May 2019
Social marketing is the use of commercial marketing techniques to promote the adoption of behaviour that will improve the health or well-being of the…
Last updated 16 June 2019
Social marketing is the use of commercial marketing techniques to promote the adoption of behaviour that will improve the health or well-being of the…
Last updated 14 June 2019
Social marketing is the use of commercial marketing techniques to promote the adoption of behaviour that will improve the health or well-being of the…
Last updated 14 June 2019
Social marketing is the use of commercial marketing techniques to promote the adoption of behaviour that will improve the health or well-being of the…
Last updated 14 June 2019
Social marketing is the use of commercial marketing techniques to promote the adoption of behaviour that will improve the health or well-being of the…
Social marketing is the use of marketing principles and techniques to advance a social cause, idea or behaviour. In contrary to commercial marketing…