Using human waste safely for livelihoods, food production and health-kit-2
Second information kit: The guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater in agriculture and aquaculture
16 September 2008
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Overview
This information kit was prepared by WHO, FAO, IDRC and IWMI in response to requests from different members of the Guidelines' varied readership for information clarifying their specific roles and responsibilities in the safe water reuse in agriculture and aquaculture.
Contents and links to documents
#1 - Guidance documents related to the Guidelines
- Guidance note for national programme managers and engineers
- Applying the guidelines along the sanitation ladder
by P. Drechsel and B. Keraita - Discussion paper
Options for updating the 2006 WHO guidelines
by D. Mara, A. Hamilton, A. Sleigh and N. Karavarsamis - Guidance note on health-based targets
by B. Gordon and R. Bos - Guidance note for national programme managers and engineers
Options for simple on-farm water treatment in developing countries
by O.O. Cofie, B. Kerata and P. Dreschsel - The wealth of waste
The economics of wastewater use in agriculture. Executive Summary of FAO Water Report 35
by J. Winpenny, I Heinz and S. Koo-Oshima - Lessons learned from the WHO/FAO/IDRC project in Ghana, Jordan and Senegal
by M. Redwood and R. Bos
#2 From policy to action
- A concept note on sanitation safety plans
Using sanitation safety plans as a vehicle to implement the Guidelines
by Th.-A. Stenstroem, Eva Barrenberg
#03 Announcements and calls
- Development of a manual for sanitation safety plans
A call for collaboration - TThird edition of the guidelines
An announcement of the availability of the web-based French version
#4 Order forms
- Wastewater irrigation and health, assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries
P. Drechsel, C.A. Scott, L. Raschid-Sally, M. Redwood and A. Bahri, Earthscan 2009
Flyer and order form - Third edition of the Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater in agriculture and aquaculture
Flyer and order form - FAO Water Report 35
Flyer and order form
WHO Team
Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health (WSH)
Editors
World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Development Research Centre, International Water Management Institute