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People and puddles: is drainage important?
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Brian Reed, Jonathan Parkinson, Maimuna NalubegaWater and sanitation projects have tended to
focus on the provision of water supply, with sanitation
aspects given a lower priority. Soft aspects such as hygiene
promotion – an essential ingredient for health improvements,
also lack the same status as hard engineering components.
Environmental health however is not just limited to the
provision of safe water and the disposal of faeces; solid
waste management and drainage of rainwater are also
important issues. Drainage does not have a high profile. In
the last seven years there have only been two papers relating
specifically to drainage and about eight others that examine
a related aspect, such as pollution of watercourses or
groundwater or large-scale rainwater harvesting. A DFID
sponsored project is examining the issues that lie behind the
implementation of urban drainage projects and to see if
alternative drainage technologies are appropriate in
developing countries.
This paper sets out the background to this project and
discusses the problems of introducing a new technology.
History
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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WEDC ConferenceCitation
REED, B. ... et al, 2001. People and puddles: is drainage important? IN: Scott, R. (ed). People and systems for water, sanitation and health: Proceedings of the 27th WEDC International Conference, Lusaka, Zambia, 20-24 August 2001, pp. 344-347.Publisher
© WEDC, Loughborough UniversityVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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2001Notes
This is a conference paper.Other identifier
WEDC_ID:11072Language
- en
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