Ecological sanitation revised and a enlarged edition

Uno Winblad and Mayling Simpson-Hébert, ‘Ecological sanitation revised and a enlarged edition’ Stockholm Environment Institute (2004).

Sida has a long-standing commitment to the development of water and sanitation services for all people. Early on Sida recognized that shortages of water resources and financial resources in many parts of the world are among the main barriers to progress. Thus, in the early 1990s, Sida put its support behind a new effort, a new way of thinking about this challenge, and the development of new concepts. In sanitation the new approach was to think in terms of developing systems that would save water, prevent water pollution and recycle the nutrients in human excreta. These new solutions should also save money and optimise the meagre financial resources of many cities, towns and government agencies around the world. The idea was to find solutions that were ecologically sound and would improve the environment while putting up barriers to water-borne diseases. Today we call this new approach “ecological sanitation.” This book presents the findings of over ten years of research and development in ecological sanitation supported by Sida.

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