UNHCR and Oxfam commissioned this study to better understand how emergency WASH services are delivered, and to identify how the provision of infrastructure can lead to sustainable service delivery and a more professional management mechanism. As many humanitarian crises are protracted in nature, emergency WASH services need to be sustained once humanitarian agencies depart. This report aims to review and identify alternative service delivery options, and to provide some pragmatic guidance that can be incorporated into emergency response programmes and tested, evaluated and built on in the future.
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Post-Emergency Contexts (UNHCR, OXFAM GB)
Tiger Worm Toilet Guidelines
These Best Practice Guidelines were developed by Oxfam under UNHCR’s “Waste to Value” Project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Guidelines are based on operational research conducted in 2016 and 2017 in Jewi Refugee Camp in Ethiopia, where the Tiger Worm Toilets remain in operation and under regular monitoring.
- Tags: Value for Money. Categories: WASH Policy Guidelines and WASH Policy Guidelines.
UNHCR Urine Diverting Dry Toilet (UDDT) Standard Operating Procedures
Double vault Urine Diversion Dry Toilets (UDDT) can be used as an alternative to pit latrines in refugee camps. They utilise two chambers for faeces, one of which is in use whilst the other is full and drying so that it can be safely disposed of after an appropriate period of time.
These Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were developed by Oxfam under UNHCR’s “Waste to Value” Project, which was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They are largely based on UDDTs developed under the Waste to Value Project in Ethiopia.
- Tags: Household Toilets and Household Toilets. Organisations: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. DatabaseDocTypes: WASH Design Documentation. Categories: WASH Design Guidelines, WASH Guidelines, and WASH Operational Guidelines.
D-310/2015a Post Emergency Elevated Tower (Steel) Design and BoQ (UNICEF, 2010)
This document contains design drawings for a 15m high 109m3 elevated water tower constructed from pressed steel.
- Tags: Piped Water Networks, Water Storage, Water Supply, and Water Supply. Organisations: Viking Industries. Categories: WASH Technical Designs and WASH Technical Designs.
Implementing Urine Diversion Dry Toilets in Dolo Addo, Ethiopia (UNHCR, OXFAM GB and CDC, 2014)
The choice of sanitation technology in humanitarian crisis is based on various factors including the terrain, social and cultural norms and agency experience. There is the continued need for humanitarian response mechanisms to factor the environmental impact and sustainability of the technologies used in the provision of safe water supply and sanitation to affected communities. The acceptability of using ecological sanitation technologies such as Urine Diversion Dry Toilets (UDDT) in refugee contexts needs significant exploration. Using refugee camps in Dollo Ado as a case study, this paper outlines how the UDDT technology has been implemented in the context of protracted refugee camps, the successes and the areas needing further exploration to make it better able to be adopted across various refugee programmes and contexts.
- Tags: Excreta / Urine ReUse, Excreta / Urine ReUse, Excreta / Urine ReUse, Excreta Composting, Excreta Composting, Excreta Composting, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Treatment, and Excreta Treatment. Locations: Africa, Dollo Ado, East and Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, and Ethiopia. Languages: English, English, English, English, and English. Organisations: CDC, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, and WEDC. Categories: WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Research Documents, and WASH Research Documents.