Publications on water sanitation and health

Published in 2013

• Dialogues on Water for Food and the Environment
  Health as a cross-cutting issue
  10 December 2013
• Safe use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture
  Measures for public health protection
  10 December 2013
• Pathogenic mycobacteria in water
  A guide to public health consequences, monitoring and management
  10 December 2013
• Sanitation challenge
  Turning commitment into reality
  10 December 2013
• Operation and maintenance of rural water supply and sanitation systems
  A training package for managers and planners
  5 December 2013
• Safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals in and after emergencies
  Interagency guidelines
  5 December 2013
• Small-scale incinerators for health-care waste
  Findings on an assessment
  5 December 2013
• Core questions on drinking-water and sanitation
  5 December 2013
• Meeting the MDG drinking-water and sanitation target
  A mid-term assessment of progress
  5 December 2013
• Toxic cyanobacteria in water
  A guide to their public health consequences, monitoring and management
  5 December 2013
• Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater
  Volume 2: Wastewater use in agriculture
  4 December 2013
• Guidelines for the safe use of wastwater, excreta and greywater
  Volume 3: Wastewater and excreta use in aquaculture
  4 December 2013
• Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater;
  Volume 4: Excreta and greywater use in agriculture
  4 December 2013
• Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater
  Volume 1: Policy and regulatory aspects
  4 December 2013
• Chemical safety of drinking-water
  Assessing priorities for risk management
  3 December 2013
• PHAST step-by-step guide
  A participatory approach for the control of diarrhoeal diseases
  3 December 2013
• Leakage management and control
  A best practice training manual
  3 December 2013
• Healthy villages
  A guide for communities and community health
  3 December 2013
• Progress on Drinking-water and Sanitation
  Special focus on sanitation
  3 December 2013
• Guidelines for safe recreational water environments
  Volume 1: Coastal and fresh waters
  3 December 2013
• Managing water in the home
  Accelerated health gains from improved water supply
  2 December 2013
• Safe management of shellfish and harvest waters
  Minimizing health risks from sewage-contaminated shellfish
  20 November 2013
• Updated WHO/WEDC Technical Notes on WASH in Emergencies
  26 August 2013
• Progress on sanitation and drinking-water
  2013 update: Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation
  13 May 2013
• Water quality and health strategy 2013-2020
  26 January 2013
• Water safety plan quality assurance tool
  1 January 2013

Published in 2012

• WSP training package
  CD-ROM
  16 November 2012
• Toolkit for monitoring and evaluating household water treatment and safe storage
  1 November 2012
• Rapid asssessment of drinking-water quality
  A handbook for implementation
  1 October 2012
• Animal waste, water quality and human health
  1 September 2012
• Water safety planning for small community water supplies
  Step-by-step risk management guidance for drinking-water supplies in small communities
  1 July 2012
• Tracking national financial flows into sanitation, hygiene and drinking-water
  GLAAS working paper
  1 July 2012
• Manual for economic assessment of drinking water interventions
  1 June 2012
• Pharmaceuticals in drinking-water
  1 June 2012
• Global costs and benefits of drinking-water supply and sanitation interventions to reach the MDG target and universal coverage
  6 May 2012
• Uranium in drinking-water
  Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
  1 May 2012
• Global analysis and assessment of sanitation and drinking-water (GLAAS)
  The challenge of extending and sustaining services
  11 April 2012
• Progress on drinking water and sanitation
  Joint Monitoring Programme update 2012
  6 March 2012
• Healthy wetlands, healthy people
  A review of wetlands and human health interactions
  6 March 2012

Full list of publications

• Publications in chronological order
• Publications in alphabetical order

Related links

• WSH catalogue of information products
  pdf, 199kb