Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Lecture Notes
All guest lectures are courtesy of the person named, and are used with permission.
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TOPICS |
1 |
Introduction to water and sanitation development |
2 |
Basic concepts, water rich / water poor, and pictoral tour of global water and sanitation (PDF - 2.8 MB) |
3 |
A utility's pro-poor approach in Bangalore's slums (PDF) Guest lecture: Genevieve Connors, Urban Development Sector Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank |
4 |
Water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases (PDF - 1.7 MB) |
5 |
Sources of water and water supply planning (PDF 1 of 2 - 6.6 MB) (PDF 2 of 2 - 3.9 MB) |
6 |
Water quality and simple water quality field testing demo (PDF - 1.2 MB) |
7 |
Decentralized household water treatment and safe storage (PDF - 5.4 MB) |
8 |
Centralized water treatment: MWRA and Beijing (PDF 1 - 1.5 MB) (PDF 2 - 3.0 MB) Guest lecture: Joshua Das, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority |
9 |
Sewage collection systems Guest lecture: Earthea Nance, Virginia Tech |
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Sanitation history, centralized wastewater treatment, and reuse (PDF - 4.4 MB) Parts of this lecture are adapted from the following: Outwater, Alice. Water: A Natural History. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1997. ISBN: 9780465037803. |
11 |
Water and sanitation financing (PDF - 2.2 MB) Guest lecture: Prof. Peter Rogers, Harvard University |
12 |
On-site excreta disposal (PDF - 5.4 MB) Guest lecture: Brian Robinson (with Susan Murcott) |
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Wrap-up |