Table of Contents

* Towards Comprehensive Wastewater and Sanitation Strategies; * DEWATS - Sustainable treatment of wastewater at the local level, concept and good practices * Mainstreaming DEWATS - Strategic Planning and Implementation of Sustainable Infrastructure * Community Based Sanitation (CBS) - Programme Planning and Implementation * DEWATS Components and Design Principles, parameters, components and spreadsheet calculation * System malfunction - symptoms, problems, solutions

About the Author

Published by WEDC, this book has been produced by BORDA (Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association) based in Germany. Andreas Ulrich, BORDA Director, has developed BORDA's community-based sanitation programme and initiated the systematic up-scaling of DEWATS. He has been managing a variety of water and sanitation projects of BORDA since 1991. Stefan Reuter is Deputy Director at BORDA with 20 years of experience in water and sanitation engineering both in Germany and abroad. He is responsible for BORDA's operations in South Asia and liaising with institutions on a German and European level. Dr Bernd Gutterer has been working for 20 years in international co-operation in the field of Environment, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Business. Today his main focus is on capacity building for senior decision makers in both the public and the private sector. Ludwig Sasse, civil engineer, was responsible for BORDA's biogas and wastewater projects between 1980 and 2000. He wrote several books and articles on biogas and wastewater technology and dissemination. His groundbreaking work paved the way for this publication. Thilo Panzerbieter is a sanitation specialist, teacher at the World Toilet College and Director of the German Toilet Organization. Thorsten Reckerzugl is a specialist in environmental engineering, chemistry and material flow analysis with 10 years of working experience throughout Asia.