The framework for microbial exposure control and management in relation to the use of wastewater and excreta was developed and published by WHO in the 1980s (WHO, 1989). These guidelines are currently under revision. Within this current EcoSanRes report, the focus is on treatment and handling of faeces and urine, accounting for current information of risk management and circumscribing to a source-separation strategy..
The status report “IWRM Principles Implementation in the Countries of Central Asia and Caucasus” is a project of the Regional Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Water Partnership for Central Asia and Caucasus
This handbook seeks to provide countries with the knowledge they need to act on the action target set at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in the way that is most useful for them. Strategies should catalyse action, not retard it. Each country must decide the scope and timeline for change based on its goals and its resources. The important thing is to take the first steps.
This paper aims to support reform processes in water resources management and development, and to guide the development towards IWRM. It discusses the content and importance of management plans under the overall umbrella of IWRM, as well as the process of drafting and implementing them. This is a Technical Background Paper, written by the GWP Technical Committee, a group of internationally recognised professionals in integrated water resources management.
This paper addresses the value of IWRM in meeting specific development challenges and in optimizing the contribution of water to achieving social, economic and environmental goals. Policy briefs provide policy makers with information on water resources management. They are written by the GWP Technical Committee, a group of internationally recognised professionals in integrated water resources management.
The attempt was made to show that the presence of requirements of social ethics in the field of water resources use and protection demands adequate approaches not only in the process of considering practical water use but also issues of water resources management at different levels. In light of that, the author has presented a number of practical considerations related to upbringing of citizens - water users and, first of all, the young generation, in the spirit of new century’s requirements.
