FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Ecological Sanitation
- Where have ecological sanitation systems been implemented?
- Is ecological sanitation an appropriate technology for urban areas?
- Can one use a urine diversion toilet where people are not interested in reusing excreta?
- How does the cost of a urine diversion toilet compare with a VIP toilet?
- What are the O&M requirements of urine diversion toilets?
Financing of Investments and Cost Recovery
- Introduction
- Which financing options are available?
- What are the risks and how can they be managed?
- Which cost recovery instruments are available?
- What are the major issues for effective cost recovery?
Fluxes to Oceans
Gender
- What does gender mean?
- What is the difference between a Gender approach and a Women in Development (WID) approach?
- What about other differences in project communities?
- If women are so keen for sanitation, why have so many sanitation programs failed?
- In my culture, collecting water and preserving hygiene are tasks of women and girls. Why should I not respect this?
- Is a gender approach costly?
- Can men implement a gender approach in sanitation and hygiene?
- What can I do to develop a gender approach?
School sanitation
- Why focus on School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE)?
- What are the objectives of a SSHE programme?
- What important lessons have been learned in SSHE so far?
- What are indicators for a successful SSHE programme?
- What is lifeskills based education?
- Why is lifeskills based education encouraged in SSHE?
- How do I develop lifeskills-based SSHE?
- Can I get an example of lifeskill-based SSHE?
- How do I check the quality of my lifeskills-based approach?
- How do I include outreach activities without overburdening my programme?
Small Communities
- What are the main criteria in selecting a technology for municipal/small town wastewater treatment?
- What is the difference between centralised and decentralised wastewater treatment and what are typical centralised and decentralised technologies?
- Are septic tanks a suitable low-cost solution for urban areas?
- Are conventional wastewater treatment technologies always the best choice?
- What are the benefits of pollution prevention in wastewater management?
- Which low-cost options are available for sewerage in developing countries?
- How do you deal best with stormwater during rain storms in low-income areas?
- Which low-cost wastewater treatment technologies are available?
- Which systems are available for wastewater reuse?
- Which technologies are used in conventional wastewater treatment?
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