strategy
Modernizing sanitary facilities
Synonyms:
Improving sanitation facilitiesImproving sanitary waste disposal
Establishing full sanitation services
Constructing integrated sanitation system
Description:
Providing adequate sanitation of a standard which sufficiently protects human health and the environment, especially through the establishment, improvement and maintenance of collective systems. Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends modernizing drinking-water supply and sanitation. Implementation:
The Global Applied Research Network in Water Supply and Sanitation was founded following consultations associated with the end of the [International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade]. The Network facilitates the sharing of relevant applied research information in water supply and sanitation on a global basis. Topic network coordinators (TNC) maintain and run their own networks of researchers in specified topic areas: ['Institutional development:'] willingness to pay, cost recovery and tariff structures; ['People and health:'] guinea worm eradication, health impact assessment, suspended solids removal; ['Water treatment:'] solar distillation and disinfection, iron removal, suspended solids removal; ['Pumping:'] hand pumps, solar water pumping; ['On-site sanitation:'] pit emptying, groundwater pollution, composting latrines; ['Wastewater treatment:'] pond treatment, anaerobic systems, wastewater reuse; ['Solid waste:'] collection, recycling. Broader:
ImprovingProviding servicesPracticing industrial safetyRaising standards of abattoirsConstructing integrated systemsExpanding waste collection and disposal services Narrower:
Constructing modern public toiletsBuilding sewage treatment facilitiesRunning residential waste undergroundImproving unsanitary toilet facilitiesConstructing hygienic milking facilityImproving municipal sanitation structuresImproving sanitation for the poor Facilitates:
Managing wastewaterProviding sanitary water supplyReducing load on sewage systemsDisposing of local sewer wastesEliminating disease-breeding waste Facilitated by:
Strengthening national sanitation institutesExpanding water services for rural and low-income peri-urban areasConducting public education programmes on drinking water supply and sanitationExpanding technical cooperation among developing countries on water and sanitationProviding international support for drinking water supply and sanitation programmesUsing indigenous methods to maximize local involvement in drinking water supply and sanitation Values:
WastageUnsanitaryIntegration Subjects:
Social Activity → ServicesSocietal Problems → Waste
Societal Problems → Effluent
Societal Problems → Hygiene
→ Systems
Development → Reform
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
