Viet Nam: modern school latrines to be built across the nation
HA NOI — The Ministry of Education and Training plans to introduce standard latrine designs in school across the country following the success of a pilot project in Thua Thien-Hue and Son La provinces....
View ArticleNepal, Kathmandu: squatters find way to rid of river pollution
Until a year ago, life was like a nightmare for squatters of Narayan tole behind the Maharajgunj-based Kanti Children’s Hospital: [a] pungent smell emanated from the polluted Samakhusi River [and] the...
View ArticleNepal, Kathmandu: bio-filters to manage waste
Thirty-one households in Narayan Tole squatter settlement near Maharajgunj of KMC-3 , Kathamdu, have recently constructed ‘up-flow bio-filters’ to treat septic tank effluent. They have constructed two...
View ArticleSri Lanka: new partnership tackles fecal sludge management
Septage disposal. Sri Lanka/Nuwara Eliya sanitation project, 2008, Photo: Flickr/USAID. An international research institute is helping the government of Sri Lanka to improve septage management in the...
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